doff

== English == === Etymology === The verb is derived from Late Middle English doffen (“to take off (clothing); to remove (headwear) as a sign of respect; to remove (grease) by skimming”), a contraction of Middle English do off, don off, from Old English dōn of, from dōn (“to do; to put; to take off, remove”) + of (“from; off”). Dōn is derived from Proto-West Germanic *dōn (“to do; to place, put”), from Proto-Germanic *dōną (“to do; to make; to place, put”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place, put”). By surface analysis, do +‎ off. Compare don (by surface analysis, do + on), dout (do + out), dup (do + up). The noun is derived from the verb. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɒf/ (General American) IPA(key): /dɔf/, (cot–caught merger) /dɑf/ Rhymes: -ɒf === Verb === doff (third-person singular simple present doffs, present participle doffing, simple past and past participle doffed) (chiefly literary and dated except Northern England) (transitive) (chiefly clothing) To remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried). Antonyms: don, put on To remove or tip (a hat or other headwear) in greeting or salutation, or as a mark of respect. (reflexive, archaic except UK, dialectal) To undress (oneself); to divest, to strip. (figurative) To cast aside or get rid of (something), to throw off. (textiles) To remove (a bobbin or spindle which is full of spun yarn) from a spinning frame for replacement with an empty one. To remove (small pieces of cotton or other plant fibre, etc.) from a carding cylinder. (obsolete) To put off or turn away (someone) with an excuse, etc. (intransitive, rare) (archaic) To remove or tip a hat or other headwear in greeting or salutation, or as a mark of respect. (obsolete) Followed by with: to remove or take off something worn on the body, or something carried. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== daff doffer doffing (noun) doff one's hat to undoffed ==== Translations ==== === Noun === doff (plural doffs) (obsolete, rare) Followed by off: an act of putting off or turning away someone with an excuse, etc. === References === === Further reading === doffer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia doffing cylinder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Yola == === Alternative forms === d'off, daff, daf === Etymology === From Middle English doffen, contraction of Old English dōn of. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɔf/, /daf/ === Verb === doff (simple past doft or daffed, past participle ee-daff) to strip === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 35