skully n also scolly, scully, skolly* [phonetics unavailable]. A cotton sun-bonnet worn by women for outdoors work; occas a fisherman's home-made sou'wester.
1897 J A Folklore x, 209 Scully—a loose cotton hood worn by the women when fish-making. 1937 DEVINE 42 Scolly or scully A wide rimmed cotton head dress, with drooping peak in front, used by women and girls. An exaggerated sun bonnet or 'Dolly Varden.' P 54-65 Skolly. Rhymes with jolly. A large kind of sun-bonnet, made of cotton or shirting, worn by women while hay-making, fishmaking, working in gardens, etc, having a very wide brim covering the neck. It also means a large kind of home-made sou'wester, made of calico & treated with linseed oil, to make it waterproof, used by men out fishing, having the same kind of very wide brim over the neck, & buttoning in front under the chin, so that the hat almost covers the entire skull, except for the face & eyes. C 71-118 ~ This was a sun-bonnet tied under the chin. C 71-130 Skolly. A sun-bonnet covering the head and shoulders. Worn by women while working outdoors in summer.
