doily

English

lace doily (sense 1)

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Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔɪli/
  • (file)

Noun

doily (plural doilies)

  1. 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.
  2. (Judaism) A similar circular piece of lace worn as a head-covering by some married Jewish women.
  3. (obsolete) An old kind of woollen material.

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