doff

[dof, dawf] /dɒf, dɔf/
verb (used with object)
1.
to remove or take off, as clothing.
2.
to remove or tip (the hat), as in greeting.
3.
to throw off; get rid of:
Doff your stupid ideas and join our side!
4.
Textiles.
  1. to strip (carded fiber) from a carding machine.
  2. to remove (full bobbins, material, etc.) from a textile machine.
noun
5.
Textiles.
  1. the act of removing bobbins, material, etc., and stripping fibers from a textile machine.
  2. the material so doffed.
Origin
1300-50; Middle English, contraction of do off; cf. don1
Examples from the web for doff
  • He wants to stay on as both army chief and president, despite a pledge last year to doff his uniform.
  • He has pledged to doff his uniform after being re-elected president.
  • Wearing loose, breathable cotton layers to don and doff is always a good strategy.
  • In court, he gets off to a rocky start when he refuses to doff his turban for a white judge.
  • Don and doff appropriate personal protective equipment in contaminated areas.
  • The candidate will then doff their personal protective clothing, making it ready for reuse.
British Dictionary definitions for doff

doff

/dɒf/
verb (transitive)
1.
to take off or lift (one's hat) in salutation
2.
to remove (clothing)
Derived Forms
doffer, noun
Word Origin
Old English dōn of; see do1, off; compare don1
Word Origin and History for doff
v.

mid-14c., contraction of do off, preserving the original sense of do as "put." At the time of Johnson's Dictionary [1755] the word was "obsolete, and rarely used except by rustics," but it was saved from extinction (along with don) by Sir Walter Scott. Related: Doffed; doffing.