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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Duffel \Duf"fel\, noun [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}.]
Good duffel gray and flannel fine. -- Wordsworth.
2. Outfit or suppplies, collectively; kit. [Colloq., U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
duffel
noun
1: a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings [syn: {duffel bag}, {duffle bag}, {duffle}]
2: a coarse heavy woolen fabric [syn: {duffle}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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