Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.