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.
(Judaism) A similar circular piece of lace worn as a head-covering by some married Jewish women.
(obsolete) An old kind of woollen material.
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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈdɔɪli/
Etimologia (Anglès)
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”).