|dälēˈvärd ə n, |dȯl- noun
Usage: capitalized D&V
Etymology: after Dolly Varden, gaily dressed coquette in Barnaby Rudge (1841), novel by Charles Dickens died 1870 English novelist
1. : a 19th century clothing style for women consisting of a print dress with a white fichu, tight bodice, and skirt with panniers, and a beflowered hat with a wide drooping brim
2. : a large char ( Salvelinus malma ) that is olivaceous in color with round red or orange spots, attains a length of two or three feet and a weight of 20 pounds, is closely related to or possibly a variety of the eastern brook trout, and has an extensive range in streams west of the Cascade Range from the upper Sacramento northward, in the Columbia basin east to Montana, and in northern Japan as well as in coastal salt waters