I'm, apparently, not as inquisitive as I thought I was. I never wondered why they called a duffle bag a duffle bag until I read the answer this morning.
The cloth that's used to make a duffle bag was originally sold in Duffel, Belgium.
Duffel is a town of about 16,000 folks and that's where the heavy woolen cloth, called duffel comes from. Besides the bags, duffel is also used to make military overcoats and luggage.
Now I have to wonder why they call the cloth duffle.
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