duffel bag

English

Alternative forms

• duffle bag

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

duffel bag (plural duffel bags)

1. (US, Australia, often military) A large, cylindrical, duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear, especially by soldiers.

   Synonym: (UK) kitbag

   Hyponym: seabag

2. (UK) A smaller, cylindrical, cloth bag fashionable in the 1950s and 1960s.

Related terms

• duffel coat

Translations

large duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear

• Estonian: õlapaun
• Finnish: merimiessäkki
• French: sac de sport (fr) m, sac de toile m
• Greek: λουκάνικο (el) n (loukániko)
• Hebrew: קִיטְבֶּג (he) m (kítbeg), שַׂק חֲפָצִים (he) m (sak khafátzim)
• Hungarian: málhazsák, táska (hu)
• Irish: mála trealaimh m
• Italian: borsone m, borsa da viaggio f
• Japanese: ダッフルバッグ (daffurubaggu), 雑嚢 (ja) (ざつのう, zatsunō)
• Korean: 더플 백 (deopeul baek)
• Lithuanian: daiktamaišis m
• Russian: вещево́й мешо́к m (veščevój mešók), вещмешо́к (ru) m (veščmešók)
• Ukrainian: речови́й мішо́к m (rečovýj mišók), речмішо́к m (rečmišók)

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