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Definition of Duffel
1. Noun. A large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings.
2. Noun. A coarse heavy woolen fabric.
Definition of Duffel
1. n. A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.
2. n. Outfit or suppplies, collectively; kit.
Definition of Duffel
1. Noun. A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Duffel
1. a coarse woolen fabric [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duffel
Literary usage of Duffel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York by John Romeyn Brodhead, Berthold Fernow, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, New York (State). Legislature (1881)
"He requests, that all his savages, who are to go with him to the number of 44,
receive immediately a piece of duffel each and he himself a coat besides. ..."
2. Early Records of the City and County of Albany: And Colony of Resselaerswyck by Albany County (N.Y.), Albany co., N. Y., Jonathan Pearson, Arnold Johan Ferdinand Van Laer (1918)
"... in the quantity of one hundred and twenty ells of duffel and thirteen and a
half double twilled coverlets, which aforesaid duffel and coverlets said ..."
3. ...The American Boys' Handybook of Camp-lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter Beard (1920)
"of straps by which two duffel bags are borne on the back. Fig. 225 shows a duffel
bag which is laced up at one end with a thong; also the end of the bag ..."
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