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duffel coat

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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duffel coat, duffle coat /ˈdʌfəl kəʊt $ -koʊt/ noun [countable]  DCCa coat made of rough heavy cloth, usually with a hood and toggles (=buttons shaped like tubes) 粗呢外套〔通常带兜帽和棒形纽扣〕
Examples from the Corpus
duffel coatCocteau in a duffel coat with Chanel.The acrid odour of paraffin, winter-dead trees and hedges, and the strange warmth of a duffel coat.Wearing a duffel coat over yesterday's military outfit, he was feeding hazelnuts to a squirrel.She was wearing a navy blue duffel coat with a tartan-lined hood, black stockings and pointed shoes with very high heels.Dwarfing his bicycle, he hunched over the handlebars, his duffel coat in constant danger of tangling with the spokes.His hair was rumpled, and the toggles on his duffel coat were done up wrong.
Origin duffel coat (1600-1700) duffel heavy woolen cloth ((17-20 centuries)), from Dutch, from Duffel town in Belgium
usually a cloth, heavy rough with made of hood a Corpus coat


duffel coat
duffel coat , duffle coat /ˈdʌfəl kəʊt $ -koʊt/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: duffel 'heavy woolen cloth' (17-20 centuries), from Dutch, from Duffel town in Belgium
a coat made of rough heavy cloth, usually with a hood and toggles (=buttons shaped like tubes)


duf·fel coat (also duf·fle coat) BrE /ˈdʌfl kəʊt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʌfl koʊt/ 🔊 nouna heavy coat made of wool, that usually has a hood and is fastened with toggles 粗呢外衣(常连帽及用棒形套扣)