dory

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːri

Etymology 1

Attested in American English of 1709 CE; assumed to be related to Central of Western Indian language, perhaps Miskito.

Noun

dory (plural dories)

1. (nautical) A small flat bottomed boat used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.

Translations

type of boat

• Irish: dóraí (ga) m

Etymology 2

From Old French doree, past participle of dorer (“to gild”), from Latin deauratus.

Noun

dory (plural dories)

1. Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.

Translations

type of fish

References

• “dory” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams

• dyor