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What (who) is duffel coat - definition
Duffel coat
![A [[Royal Navy]] officer wearing a duffel coat aboard a destroyer on convoy protection duties, 1942](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A Royal Navy officer using a sextant aboard a destroyer on convoy protection duties, 1942. TR92.jpg?width=200 "A [[Royal Navy]] officer wearing a duffel coat aboard a destroyer on convoy protection duties, 1942")
.jpg?width=200 "A contemporary duffle-style coat")
![Scottish singer [[Alex Kapranos]] in a contemporary duffel coat](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Duffle coat.jpg?width=200 "Scottish singer [[Alex Kapranos]] in a contemporary duffel coat")
COAT MADE OF HEAVY, COARSE WOOLEN FABRIC WITH TOGGLE CLOSURES
Duffel Coat; Duffle Coat; Toggle coat; Duffle coat
A duffel coat (also duffle coat) is a coat made from duffel cloth, designed with toggle-and-rope fastenings, patched pockets and a large hood. The name derives from Duffel, a town in the province of Antwerp in Belgium where the manufacturing process of this kind of fabric, a coarse, thick, woolen cloth originated.
duffel coat
COAT MADE OF HEAVY, COARSE WOOLEN FABRIC WITH TOGGLE CLOSURES
Duffel Coat; Duffle Coat; Toggle coat; Duffle coat
also duffle coat
(duffel coats)
A duffel coat is a heavy coat with a hood and long buttons that fasten with loops.
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duffel coat
COAT MADE OF HEAVY, COARSE WOOLEN FABRIC WITH TOGGLE CLOSURES
Duffel Coat; Duffle Coat; Toggle coat; Duffle coat
¦ noun a hooded coat made of duffel, typically fastened with toggles.
Examples of use of duffel coat
1. Wearing a duffel coat over a tartan mini–skirt and green cardigan, and accompanied by her personal trainer, Dee Thrasher, the London–born star is evidently keen to make amends.
2. I remember how hot it was when we arrived in San Antonio on the west of the island, but I‘ve since discovered that we actually went very early in the season, which would account for the fact that I‘m wearing a duffel coat in most of the photographs.
3. A lot of excitement happened here and as soon as it happened everybody moved to New York." One corridor of the gallery is hung with Hopper‘s portraits of artists – Jean Tinguely, Jasper Johns, Claus Oldenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney on his first day in New York, bundled up in a duffel coat.
4. Its black and white: Despite the frosty temperatures, Natalie chose a monochrome one–shouldered minidress to showcase her size 10 figure at the premiere for Scarlet Johansson film The Other Boleyn last night Last month the actress was seen looking somewhat fuller–figured in a duffel coat over a tartan mini–skirt and green cardigan, despite her dramatic weightloss fuelling speculation that she was regaining the weight.