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Duffield(s) Obs. 
n. a very closely woven woollen cloth.
See also: duffle (def. 1)
- 1741 (1932) No person Could Endure the Cold in this Country without this Contrivance. The Shoes they were here are of the Leather of deer-skins or Canvas, made big enough to contain their feet when cover'd with Yarn Stockings and three pair of socks of coarse Duffield over them.
- 1749 [If] Duffields, Strouds, Blankets, and other coarse Woolen, and Iron and Copper Manufactures, which would serve them for Coverings Cloaths, and for other Conveniences, were carried to them, that then the remaining three 4ths, now lost to Britain, would come to Market.
- 1741 (1932) No person Could Endure the Cold in this Country without this Contrivance. The Shoes they were here are of the Leather of deer-skins or Canvas, made big enough to contain their feet when cover'd with Yarn Stockings and three pair of socks of coarse Duffield over them.