doily

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Doiley, the name of a 17th-century London draper. The surname is Anglo-Norman, from d' Ouilly, name of several places in Calvados, from Old French oeil (“eye”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔɪli/

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. (obsolete) An old kind of woollen material.

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Further reading

doily on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References
  • Lower, Mark Antony (1860): Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom
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