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.

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Noun

duffel bag (plural duffel bags)

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

Hyponym: seabag
(Britain) 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 m (sak khafátzim)
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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