n. Same as Dowle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Prob. fr. Doullens, a town of Picardy, in France, formerly celebrated for this manufacture. ] A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. douille soft. Cf. Ductile. ] Feathery or wool-like down; filament of a feather. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
No feather, or dowle of a feather. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no shadow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Becoming or like a widow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of a window. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]