[syn: duffel, duffle]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Duffel \Duf"fel\, n. [D. duffel, from Duffel, a town not far
from Antwerp.]
1. A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or
frieze. [Written also duffle.]
[1913 Webster]
Good duffel gray and flannel fine. -- Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]
2. Outfit or suppplies, collectively; kit. [Colloq., U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
duffel
n 1: a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying
personal belongings [syn: duffel bag, duffle bag,
duffel, duffle]
2: a coarse heavy woolen fabric [syn: duffel, duffle]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "duffel":
accouterments, apparatus, appliances, appointments, appurtenances,
armament, bag and baggage, baggage, conveniences, dunnage,
equipage, equipment, facilities, facility, fittings, fixtures,
furnishings, furniture, gear, impedimenta, installations, kit,
luggage, machinery, materiel, munition, munitions, outfit,
paraphernalia, plant, plumbing, rig, rigging, stock-in-trade,
tackle, things, traps, utensils