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duffle, duffel|ˈdʌf(ə)l|
Also 7–8 duffield, 7–9 duffil.
[Named from Duffel, a town of Brabant, between Antwerp and Mechlin.]
1. a. A coarse woollen cloth having a thick nap or frieze.
1677Plot Oxfordsh. 279 These Duffields, so called from a Town in Brabant, where the trade of them first began..otherwise called shags, and by the Merchants, trucking cloth. 1693Lond. Gaz. No. 2914/4 Broad-Cloths, Serges half thicks, Duffils, Kerseys. c1695J. Miller Descr. N. York (1843) 42 Indian goods, as duffels, shirts. 1769De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. II. 283 Witney..They likewise make here the Duffield Stuffs, a Yard and three Quarters wide, which are carried to New-England and Virginia, and much worn even here in Winter. 1802Wordsw. Alice Fell 53 Let it be of duffil grey. 1856Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 289 If you weren't satisfied with the duffle. 1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xi. iv. (1865) IV. 66 Muffled-up in a dressing-gown of coarse blue duffel.
b. Short for duffle coat.
1957C. MacInnes City of Spades 108 You'd better buy yourself a duffel. 1957M. Spark Comforters v. 112 Caroline pulled their spare duffle from the back seat and arranged it over her head and shoulders. 1959J. Verney Friday's Tunnel ix. 85 Instead of a duffle, he wore a bright scarlet roll-neck pullover.
2. U.S. Change of flannels; personal effects taken by a sportsman or camper-out.
1884G. W. Sears Woodcraft 4 (Cent.) Every one has gone to his chosen ground with too much impedimenta, too much duffle. 1889Anthony's Photogr. Bull. II. 188 His dainty craft has room for little beyond her crew and a limited amount of duffle.
3. a. attrib. Made or consisting of duffle. So duffle bag orig. U.S., a cylindrical canvas bag for carrying personal belongings; duffle coat, a coat made of duffle; spec. a short coat with a hood and fastened at the front with toggles.
1684in New Jersey Archives (1880) 1st Ser. I. 459 He..gave them [sc. Minisinck Indians] four Duffle Coats &ca. 1699J. Dickenson Jrnl. Trav. 70 He gave each of them a Duffel Blanket. 1759G. Washington Writ. (1889) II. 138 Light duffil Cloak with silver frogs. 1791T. Newte Tour Eng. & Scot. 246 Duffle great coats. 1856Mayhew Rhine 260 A long grey great-coat like a duffle dressing-gown. 1863Mrs. Gaskell Sylvia's L. ii. 20 She was going..to buy a bran new duffle cloak all for herself. 1915‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship vi. 105 The hood of his duffel-suit fell back. 1917E. E. Cummings Let. 1 Oct. (1969) 37, I had a duffle-bag, chuck full. 1919W. Lang Sea-Lawyer's Log x. 124 The guns' crews, wrapped in thick, blanket-like garments known as duffle coats. 1939A. Keith Land below Wind xx. 312 There were our two brief-cases..and the duffle bag. 1953P. Frankau Winged Horse iii. i. 181 He wore a duffle coat and corduroys. 1957M. Spark Comforters v. 114 Laurence could not see her face, it was behind the duffle-coat. 1961L. van der Post Heart of Hunter i. vii. 114 In the end the suitcase and duffle bag we had given Dabé were nearly bursting with presents. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 38 Duffel coat, a warm coat of heavy cloth... The front is fastened with toggles. This ‘fashion’ originated in the Navy when duffel-coats were worn as protection against the elements.
b. Comb., as duffle-clad, duffle-coated, duffle-dressed adjs.
1901Kipling Kim xiii. 330 The sallow, greasy, duffle-clad people. 1957Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Oct. 629/4 Amorous students and duffle-clad professors.
1953E. Taylor Sleeping Beauty iv. 56 Wind-nipped, duffle-coated, they climbed out of what they called their vintage Bentley. 1958P. Mortimer Daddy's gone a-Hunting i. 8 A pillioned girl with hair streaming, duffle-coated arms clasped tightly round his waist.
1776J. Trumbull M'Fingal (1826) iii. 89 Call'd forth each duffil-dress'd curmudgeon. |