Chapter SHADDOCK to SHALEE of S by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

Milburne, i. 124.

[„ “His shela, of fine cloth, with a silk or gold thread border. …”—Trans. Lit. Soc. Bo. iii. 219 seq.

[1900.—“Sela Dupatta—worn by men over shoulders, tucked round waist, ends hanging in front … plain body and borders richly ornamented with gold thread; white, yellow, and green; worn in full dress, sometimes merely thrown over shoulders, with the ends hanging in front from either shoulder.’ —Yusuf Ali, Mon. on Silk, 72.
The following may represent the same word, or be perhaps connected with P.—H. chilla, ‘a selvage, gold threads in the border of a turban, &c.’

[1610.—“Tsyle, the corge, Rs. 70.”—Danvers, Letters, i. 72.]

1615.—“320 pieces red zelas.”—Foster, Letters, iv. 129. The same word is used by Cocks, Diary, Hak. Soc. i. 4.]