Dooly \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.]

[East Indies]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)