duffel

or duf·fle

[duhf-uh l]

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noun

a camper's clothing and equipment.

a coarse woolen cloth having a thick nap, used for coats, blankets, etc.

duffel bag.

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Origin of duffel

First recorded in 1640–50; after Duffel, a town near Antwerp

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Examples from the Web for duffle

Ray leaves the duffle bag behind, and the baby is inadvertently left for dead.
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Owing to the great care with which their duffle bags had been made up that morning, nothing was really injured.
Bob Hunt in Canada|George W. Orton
He wore a brown doublet of duffle and brown trunks and hose, and boots that appeared to be too big even for his huge feet.
The Laughing Cavalier|Baroness Orczy
They have their trench helmets slung behind them with their other duffle.
Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest|Alice B. Emerson

Astern towed the two dugouts, loaded deep down with “duffle.”
The Boy Scouts at the Panama Canal|John Henry Goldfrap
The knit socks may be done away with entirely and also one pair of duffle slippers if rabbit-skin socks are to be had.
Packing and Portaging|Dillon Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for duffle

duffel

duffle

noun

a heavy woollen cloth with a thick nap

mainly US and Canadian equipment or supplies, esp those of a camper

Word Origin for duffel

C17: after Duffel, Belgian town

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Word Origin and History for duffle

duffle

1670s, from Dutch duffel, from Duffel, town in Brabant where the cloth was originally sold. Duffel bag is American English, first recorded 1917 in a letter of e e cummings.

duffel

see duffle.