Duffel
/dʌfəl/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. countable, uncountable
- 2 a coarse heavy woolen fabric wordnet
- 3 Outfit or supplies, collectively; kit. US, colloquial, countable, uncountable
- 4 a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings wordnet
Example
More examples"Tom put his duffel bag down on the ground, and then unzipped it."
Etymology
From Dutch duffel, named after Duffel, a town in Belgium, itself ultimately from Latin Dubrolocus, the first particle from Gaulish dubrum.