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duffel coat

duffel coat noun: a warm, hooded coat, made from duffel, fastened with toggles.

Noun

duffel coat (plural duffel coats)

  1. A warm, hooded coat, made from duffel, fastened with toggles.
    • Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

Forms of duffel coat

pluralduffel coats
alternative formduffle coat

Origin of duffel coat

After the Belgian town of Duffel, which produced the thick cloth from which early duffel coats were made.

Questions about duffel coat

What does duffel coat mean?
Duffel coat means a warm, hooded coat, made from duffel, fastened with toggles.
What part of speech is duffel coat?
Duffel coat is a noun.
What is the plural of duffel coat?
The plural of duffel coat is duffel coats.

Words near duffel coat in the dictionary

  1. duffed
  2. duffed up
  3. duffel
  4. duffel bag
  5. duffel bags
  6. duffel coat
  7. duffel coats
  8. Duffell
  9. duffels
  10. duffer
  11. dufferdom

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