dory /ˈdɔːɹi/adjective 1noun 3forms 4 adjective1 •(no longer used) Of a bright yellow or golden color. noun3 •A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.From every schooner, dories were being dropped into the shining, clear water. The sound of voices and the splashes of oars carried across the sea. — 1897 •Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.Pan-fried fish. Barramundi, bream, flounder, garfish, John Dory, snapper and Silver Dory are suitable for this recipe. — 2012 •A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was usually not thrown but rather thrust at opponents with one hand.The basic weapon of the hoplite was the dory, a wooden-shaft spear six to nine feet long with a metal point at each end. — 1990 formsdorata · dories · more dory · most dory