noun

• (India, now chiefly historical) A basic Indian litter or sedan chair made of poles, ropes, and a seat or cloth.
  "The dhulí is a slight bamboo framework covered with coarse cloth, about two and a half feet square, with a bedding made of string woven across, on which the passenger sits. It is slung on a stout bamboo pole, and carried by two or four men."
• (India, archaic) Synonym of stretcher, a basic litter used for transport of the ill and injured.
  "He also, in conjunction with Private John Ryan, rushed into the street under a heavy fire, and took Captain Arnold, 1st Madras Fusiliers, out of a dooly, and brought him into the house, that officer being again hit while they were so doing."
• (India, obsolete) Synonym of litter of whatever type.