dooly

noun

1. (India, historical)A basic Indian litter or sedan chair made of poles, ropes, and a seat or cloth.

   “The dhulí is a slight bamboo framework covered with coarse cloth, about two and a half feet square, with a bedding made of string woven across, on which the passenger sits. It is slung on a stout bamboo pole, and carried by two or four men.”

   “He said I should not be able to ride much farther, as the pass beyond Sultanpoor was utterly impracticable for horses; coolies, however, awaited me with a dooly, one of those low litters slung on a bamboo, in which you may travel swiftly and without effort, but to the destruction of the digestive organs.”

   ““Not going out this journey,” gasped Bobby, as he was lifted from the doolie. “Not going out this journey.””

2. (India, archaic)Synonym of stretcher, a basic litter used for transport of the ill and injured.

   “He also, in conjunction with Private John Ryan, rushed into the street under a heavy fire, and took Captain Arnold, 1st Madras Fusiliers, out of a dooly, and brought him into the house, that officer being again hit while they were so doing.”

3. (India, obsolete)Synonym of litter of whatever type.

name

1. A surname.