Dictionary entry

Dooly

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Doo″ly (?), n.; pl.Doolies (#). [Skr. d�la.] A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin. [Written also doolee and doolie.]

Having provided doolies, or little bamboo chairs slung on four men's shoulders, in which I put my papers and boxes, we next morning commenced the ascent. J. D. Hooker.