duffle coat

noun

variants or duffel coat
: a heavy usually woolen medium-length coat with toggle fasteners and a hood

Examples of duffle coat in a Sentence

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On the morning of D-Day, the English seamen were issued with cream duffle coats, which by the end of the day were blood red. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024 Men’s shirts start at 59.95 euros and a blazer is priced at 129 euros, while a duffle coat in a recycled wool-cashmere blend goes up to 279 euros. Lily Templeton, WWD, 9 Sep. 2024 On a stroll in London, the pop star, then in her skinny jeans era, bundled up in a maroon duffle coat (a likely Easter egg for her album Red, which would release in October that year) and ankle-length jeans with little give. Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024 Classic duffle coats have been cropped and given sharp structure; Fair Isle sweaters have been remixed with squirrel motifs; pleated skirts have been smoothed out. Jake Smith, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2023 Burberry polo shirt, hoodie, jogging pants and light brown duffle coat, Givenchy hoop earrings, Nike x Off-White Dunk sneakers. WSJ, 5 Mar. 2020 Dan Cohen got his English navy-blue duffle coat in 1971 after spotting it in the window of a J. Press and Co. store in Cambridge, Mass. John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 May 2018 Model Jean Campbell wears a Wales Bonner duffle coat ($2,214) and pants; walesbonner.net. Vogue, 20 Sep. 2017 Model Jean Campbell wears a Wales Bonner duffle coat ($2,214) and pants Vogue, 20 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1684, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of duffle coat was in 1684

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“Duffle coat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duffle%20coat. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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