Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Dooly

Doo′ly

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Doolies
(#)
.
[Skr.
dōla
.]
A kind of litter suspended from men’s shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin.
[Written also
doolee
and
doolie
.]
[East Indies]
Having provided
doolies
, or little bamboo chairs slung on four men's shoulders, in which I put my papers and boxes, we next morning commenced the ascent.
J. D. Hooker.