Dory
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -É”Ëri
Origin 1
Attested in American English of 1709 CE; assumed to be related to Central of Western Indian language, perhaps Miskito.
Full definition of dory
Noun
dory
(plural dories)- (nautical) A small flat-bottomed boat used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
- 1907, Robert Chambers, The Younger Set Chapter 9/2, He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; …
- 27 November 2013, John Grotzinger, The world of Mars [print version: International Herald Tribune Magazine, 2013, p. 36], John Wesley Powell ... the one-armed Civil War veteran led nine men in four wooden dories down the untamed and uncharted Colorado River and into the equally untamed and uncharted Grand Canyon.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -É”Ëri
Origin 2
From Old French doree, past participle of dorer ("to gild"), from Latin deauratus.
Noun
dory
(plural dories)Adjective
dory
Pronunciation
IPA: /dÉ’rÊŠ/Origin 3
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