A Scottish stretcher used for carrying wounded or injured people, also called a dooly or doolie in some regions.
From Hindi 'doli' (a type of litter or covered carriage); borrowed into English during British colonial rule in India, showing how language traveled along trade and military routes.
The word 'dooley' jumped from Hindi to Scottish English—it shows how the British Empire scattered words around the globe, and how words from colonized countries sometimes stuck in unexpected places like Scottish medical terminology!
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