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duffle sock

• 1 n. a warm ankle-length sock, or liner, of duffle worn inside moccasins, mukluks, etc. and usually folded down at the top.

  See also: duffle (def. 2a)  duffle moccasin  German sock  moccasin sock  Siwash sock  

  • It is difficult to know which specific kind of duffle sock or stocking is being referred to in many contexts, the commonest term nowadays being duffles, which most often refers to ankle-length socks or slippers.

  • 1933  Then he remembers he forgot to put on his duffel sock and has to take off his moccasin and legging.
  • 1941  I had . . . duffle socks, with a thin pair of worsted socks next to my feet. . . .
  • 1958  As my "trail clothes" were not yet ready, I borrowed duffle socks, a pair of matik (skin boots) and a huge pair of duffle pants from Corporal Johnson.

• 2 n. Obs. one of a pair of wrap-around, puttee-like leg coverings made of long strips of duffle, and worn inside moccasins, etc.

  See also: duffle (def. 2a)  

  • 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.]
  • 1748  . . . we wore two or three Pair of Blanket, or thick Duffil Socks to prevent our Feet freezing... .