doily
or doy·ley
any small, ornamental mat, as of embroidery or lace.
Archaic. a small napkin, as one used during a dessert course.
Origin of doily
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How to use doily in a sentence
Somebody has to draw the line, and if it takes a 90-pound Jewish grandmother bedecked in a doily to do it, so be it.
All wear white gloves, have doily-adorned seats, and accept American Express.
She had arranged the jelly in a dainty dish, and now ran into the dining-room for a doily, which she wrapped about it.
Those Dale Girls | Frank Weston CarruthRemove the glass and doily; put it in front of your plate a little to the right.
The Complete Bachelor | Walter GermainIf fruit is the first course, there should be at each place a fruit-plate with a doily, finger-bowl, and fruit-knife on it.
The Expert Maid-Servant | Cristine Terhune Herrick
All such receptacles are placed on a small plate either with or without a paper doily of the right size.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesPlace a lace paper doily on the plate, stand the glass on this and lay a pink rose on the plate.
Suppers | Paul Pierce
British Dictionary definitions for doily
doyley or doyly
/ (ˈdɔɪlɪ) /
a decorative mat of lace or lacelike paper, etc, laid on or under plates
Origin of doily
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