doily

The resulting bread was tangy and chewy, with crisp doily skirt edges from the melted cheese.
Remy From ‘Ratatouille’ Taught Me to Never Settle for Boring Bread|Dayna Evans|September 30, 2021|Eater
That explains the assertive bearing of the women in the “Sitting” series, in which the doilies become chairs, perhaps in an executive suite.
In the galleries: Exploring how body language is a visual form of communication|Mark Jenkins|June 11, 2021|Washington Post
Never a public or private showoff, doilies and framed photos of deceased relatives were her notion of decor.
A modest rebel: The paradoxical personality of Eleanor Roosevelt|Douglas Brinkley|November 6, 2020|Washington Post
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.
Justice Ginsburg Shouldn’t Quit Just Yet|Kevin Bleyer|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

All wear white gloves, have doily-adorned seats, and accept American Express.
Gal With a Suitcase|Jolie Hunt|November 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
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 Carruth
Remove the glass and doily; put it in front of your plate a little to the right.
The Complete Bachelor|Walter Germain
If 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 Sciences
Place 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

doily

doyley or doyly

/ (ˈdɔɪlɪ) /

noun plural -lies or -leys

a decorative mat of lace or lacelike paper, etc, laid on or under plates

Word Origin for doily

C18: named after Doily, a London draper

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doily

or doy·ley

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British Dictionary definitions for doily

doyley or doyly

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