Doily

Word DOILY
Character 5
Hyphenation doi ly
Pronunciations /ˈdɔɪli/

Definitions and meanings of "Doily"

What do we mean by doily?

A small ornamental mat, usually of lace or linen. noun

A small table napkin. noun

An old kind of woolen stuff. Also used attributively. noun

A small ornamental napkin, often in colors, fringed and embroidered, and brought on the dinner-table on a dessert-plate, with the finger-bowl, etc., arranged upon it: also used for many similar purposes. noun

Also spelled doyley. noun

A kind of woolen stuff. noun

A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed. noun

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. noun

A small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl noun

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.

An old kind of woollen material.

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The word "doily" in example sentences

A small round doily is pasted down, and roses are cut from a seed catalog. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A paper doily is added to the square cake on the right. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Then, the doily is folded on each side, making it look like a lace holder. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The brandy, not the 400 post commemorative doily, that is. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Paul, a doily is a piece of fabric, often chocheted, or embroidered linen, which sits a on table, sideboards or similar. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It looked like a doily, which is okay for my Grandpa's armchair, but really not okay for an Academy Awards dress. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Gwen maintains that "doily" is perfectly legitimate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We mainly attend the base chapel now, where only one woman, an older lady from the Phillippines, wears a cover, a round lace "doily". ❋ Unknown (2009)

My great-great-grandmother Maud Riordan Florian McNulty completely botched a plot to assassinate Queen Victoria by slipping rat poison into her lime shandy when she attended a doily exhibition in Killarney in 1867. ❋ Joe Queenan (2011)

As Mr. Trocca painstakingly layers discs of potato onto a pan—to be served as a sort of potato doily with the beautifully tender rib eye—he explains what he loves most about asado: "It is the most social of all cooking, and, gastronomically, it is what Argentina is most famous for," he says. ❋ Jemima Sissons (2011)

The spoon lay still, flat at the center of the doily. ❋ Kate Brian (2011)

A young woman was talking to me about head covering, and as I was listening to her, and noticing the little lace doily she had pinned on her head, I also saw that she was wearing the typical youth fasion of the time, a mini skirt. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Growing up in “doily-land” as I did (aka “bureau scarves” by my Mom - who knew your case goods needed scarves?) ❋ Unknown (2010)

JB gives us our own little doily clad haven, and in come the men. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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