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duffle sock
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
a warm ankle-length sock, or liner, of duffle worn inside moccasins, mukluks, etc. and usually folded down at the top.
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.
Quotations
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.
2n. — Obs.
one of a pair of wrap-around, puttee-like leg coverings made of long strips of duffle, and worn inside moccasins, etc.
See: duffle(def. 2a)
Quotations
1741
[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... .