English

Alternative forms

• duffle coat

Noun

duffel coat ‎(plural duffel coats)

1. A warm, hooded coat, made from duffel, fastened with toggles.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess:

     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.

Related terms

• duffel bag

Descendants

• French: duffel coat, duffel-coat

Translations

French

Alternative forms

• duffel-coat
• duffle-coat

Etymology

From English duffel coat.

Noun

duffel coat m ‎(plural duffel coats)

1. duffel coat

References

• “duffel-coat” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).