doily
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doily
- /ˈdɔɪli/
Rhymes with -ɔɪli
Where it comes from
From Doiley, the name of a 17th-century London draper. The surname is Anglo-Norman, from d'Œuilly, name of several places in Calvados, from Old French oeil (“eye”).
noun doilies · doyley · doiley
- A small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food. She looked polite, and observed the oiled floors, hard-wood staircase, unused fireplace with tiles which resembled brown linoleum, cut-glass vases standing upon doilies, and the barred, shut, forbidding unit bookcases that were half filled with swashbuckler novels and unread-looking sets of Dickens,
- A similar circular piece of lace worn as a head-covering by some married Jewish women.
- An old variety of woollen material.
Translations
Talk about this word "doily." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/doily. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. doily. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/doily "doily." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/doily.Cite this
@misc{doily_2026,
title = {doily},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doily},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
