A Russian doll is a hollow wooden doll that is made in two halves. Inside it are a series of similar wooden dolls, each smaller than the last, placed one inside the other.
Russian doll in British English
noun
any of a set of hollow wooden figures, each of which splits in half to contain the next smallest figure, down to the smallest
Also called: matryoshka, matrioshka
Examples of 'Russian doll' in a sentence
Russian doll
There were twin spots of red on his cheeks like a Russian doll.