"doily" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɔɪli/ Audio: En-us-doily.oga Forms: doilies [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|fro|oeil||eye}} Old French oeil (“eye”) Head templates: {{en-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. Translations (ornamental piece): салфетка (salfetka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), rozetka [feminine] (Czech), (ozdobný) ubrousek [masculine] (Czech), dečka [feminine] (Czech), onderlegger [masculine] (Dutch), alusliina (Finnish), kakkupaperi (Finnish), napperon [masculine] (French), blonda [feminine] (Galician), Deckchen [neuter] (German), πετσετάκι (petsetáki) [neuter] (Greek), σεμεδάκι (semedáki) [neuter] (Greek), centrino [masculine] (Italian), Dakjskje [neuter] (Plautdietsch), serwetka [feminine] (Polish), салфе́тка (salfétka) [feminine] (Russian), tapete [masculine] (Spanish), tårtpapper [neuter] (Swedish), spetsduk [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. (Judaism) A similar circular piece of lace worn as a head-covering by some married Jewish women. Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism
    Sense id: en-doily-en-noun-HFb35Jbv Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 52 43 5
  3. (obsolete) An old kind of woollen material. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-doily-en-noun-MhDqRDa8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: doyley, doiley

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ornamental piece",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spetsduk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "doily"
}

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