Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A blanket fabric made of low-grade woolen cloth with a nap on both sides.
  • noun Clothing and other personal gear carried by a camper.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See duffle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.
  • noun Colloq., U. S. Outfit or suppplies, collectively; kit.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a coarse heavy woolen fabric
  • noun a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Dutch, after Duffel, a town in Belgium.]

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From the Belgian town of Duffel.

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Examples

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  • I loved the scenes with Dean saying that in his duffel is salt, they should do a circle and get inside.

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  • The next item I took out of the duffel was a black nylon webbed gun belt with pouches to hold pepper spray and bludgeoning batons, not to mention my Smith & Wesson.

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  • The basket that sits in his light boat to hold his smaller articles is called a duffel basket, as was the basket of sundries in the trader's canoe, I fancy.

    Duffels Edward Eggleston 1869

  • At least one past incident at Orlando International Airport shows the limits of background checks: In March 2007, an airline employee used his security privileges to sneak a duffel bag containing 13 handguns, an assault rifle and 8 pounds of marijuana aboard a Delta flight from Orlando to San Juan.

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  • At least one past incident at Orlando International Airport shows the limits of background checks: In March 2007, an airline employee used his security privileges to sneak a duffel bag containing 13 handguns, an assault rifle and 8 pounds of marijuana aboard a Delta flight from Orlando to San Juan.

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  • At least one past incident at Orlando International Airport shows the limits of background checks: In March 2007, an airline employee used his security privileges to sneak a duffel bag containing 13 handguns, an assault rifle and 8 pounds of marijuana aboard a Delta flight from Orlando to San Juan.

    SplicedFeed 2010

  • At least one past incident at Orlando International Airport shows the limits of background checks: In March 2007, an airline employee used his security privileges to sneak a duffel bag containing 13 handguns, an assault rifle and 8 pounds of marijuana aboard a Delta flight from Orlando to San Juan.

    SplicedFeed 2010

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