doily Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl
    doyly; doyley.

WordNet

Doi"ly noun
Etymology
So called from the name of the dealer.
Definitions
  1. A kind of woolen stuff. Obs. "Some doily petticoats." Dryden.
    A fool and a doily stuff, would now and then find days of grace, and be worn for variety. Congreve.
  2. A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed.

Webster 1913