doklady?

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Jules Levin wrote:

> Another question from another list.
> There is a pre-revolutionary business directory ad for a hat store
> advertizing men's hats, women's hats, and shapochnye doklady.
> Someone suggested "accessories" here.
> My guess was some service like "blocking"; men's felt hats  had to be
> cleaned and blocked from time to time. (Women of course would just get
> a new hat)
> I found support for neither interpretation in my trusty Ozhegov.

Found one good example of the usage on the web:

<http://zi.zavantag.com/tw_files2/urls_10/997/d-996627/7z-docs/1.pdf>

Pages 55-56:
Постоянно на складе полный ассортимент шляп шерстяных, касторовых, 
пуховых и соломенных русских и заграничных фабрик на разные цены. Шапки 
каракулевые, смушковые и разные меховые. В громадном выборе 
искусственная овчина, бобер, плюш, сукна, трико, шелк, атлас, бумажные 
товары. Всевозможные картузные и шапочные доклады, бумага, картон и т.д. 
Каракуль, смушки крымские, кавказские, бухарские и другие. Цены вне 
конкуренции.

This suggests it's some kind of (paper or cardboard) object, not a 
service, but I'm just guessing.

Another possibility is that it's a borrowing from another Slavic 
language such as Polish where the word has a different sense, or a 
native Russian sense that has become obsolete and is no longer listed in 
contemporary dictionaries. See for example the secondary meaning of 
доложить/докладывать "to add, to finish laying, etc." as in доложить печь.

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Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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