Crossword clues for duffel
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Duffel \Duf"fel\, n. [D. duffel, from Duffel, a town not far from Antwerp.]
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A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. [Written also duffle.]
Good duffel gray and flannel fine. -- Wordsworth.
Outfit or suppplies, collectively; kit. [Colloq., U. S.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
see duffle.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. 2 (cx US colloquial English) outfit or supply, collectively; kit.
WordNet
n. a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings [syn: duffel bag, duffle bag, duffle]
a coarse heavy woolen fabric [syn: duffle]
Wikipedia
Duffel is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.
The municipality comprises only the town of Duffel proper. On 1 January 2006, Duffel had a total population of 16,019. The total area is 22.71 km² which gives a population density of 705 inhabitants per km².
The town gives its name to a heavy woollen cloth used to make overcoats, especially for the armed forces, and various kinds of luggage. Items made from this material are sometimes spelled duffle as in '' duffle coat '' and duffle bag.
The etymology of Duffel is from "dubro" and "locus", from the Gaulish dubrum, dubron – “water”.
Usage examples of "duffel".
I lessly, and two of the men carried the duffel bag between I them as they approached the front door of the admin build- ting.
He reached for an old bandless quartz watch from among the things in his open duffel next to him on the floor.
He dropped the duffel, ripped off his coat and tossed it to Fess, followed by his frilled front.
Boyd Shreave and Eugenie Fonda were sitting on a duffel bag, eating from plastic containers and sharing a gallon jug of water.
He dressed in ankle boots and slacks, a thick roll-neck pullover, and his double-breasted blue duffel overjacket, a German winter garment called a Joppe, halfway between a jacket and a coat.
Trace walked into the house behind Pilar and swung the duffel bag off his shoulder to hang at his side.
He bear-hugged the boomerang and the wad of tent and duffel bag and rolled with it out of the briars.
Hardly daring to hope his trap would bring in a Shuhr this quickly, he gripped his duffel strap and forced himself to play the concerned but unaware husband, depending on Shel and Uri for protec-tion.
Norman unshouldered his duffel bags and placed them upon the bar counter.
I took her heavy wool duffel coat and carried it out to the coatroom in the back of the house near my office.
My duffel had been sitting in the rear passenger footwell and had, most likely, toppled during one of those turns.
With a glance down at Kiel and Kinnor, who lay like small duffels stowed between the seats, she loosened her harness, pulled up her cape, and tucked it around her, for comfort more than warmth.
Wavre, Waelhem, Termonde, Duffel, Lierre, and many smaller places were in various stages of destruction, burned or shattered by shell fire and explosives.
I made a wad of my overshirt and tucked it in the duffel, pulled on a fresh T-shirt and buckled on my shoulder rig.
As the tender from the towboat approached the landing, Trace tossed the cigarette over the side and reached for the duffel bag at his feet.