dooly

American  

[doo-lee] / ˈdu li /

Or doolie,

noun

plural

doolies

1. (in India) a simple litter, often used to transport sick or wounded persons.

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Etymology

Origin of dooly

First recorded in 1615–25, dooly is from the Hindi word ḍōlī litter

Example Sentences

Moody issued an order, and a dozen soldiers under a corporal started to look for the dooly.

From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Churchill, Winston

Show ’em a good scarecrow or tatty dooly, as the Scotch folk call it, and they’d think it was what they call a bunyip.”

From King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale by Greene, J. B.

Dr Sir,—Yrs, into which you ask me to send you sum leadin incidents in my life so you can write my Bogfry for the papers, cum dooly to hand.

From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 7: Miscellaneous by Ward, Artemus

It ain't desirable, Jack—size o' trap dooly considered.

From Stephen Archer and Other Tales by MacDonald, George

He had got out of his dooly, undressed and bareheaded as he was, and leaped into the saddle, as the syce had been leading his horse near him.

From Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude by Forbes-Mitchell, William