Eiderdown

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The down of the eider duck, used for stuffing pillows and quilts. uncountable

    "A great sea lifted us high and, crashing down with a deafening roar, carried us swiftly along on light foam as soft as eiderdown."

  2. 2
    down of the eider duck wordnet
  3. 3
    A quilt stuffed with this down. countable

    "The landlord was near spraining his wrist, and I told him for heaven’s sake to quit—the bed was soft enough to suit me, and I did not know how all the planing in the world could make eider down of a pine plank."

  4. 4
    a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider wordnet

Synonyms

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afghanbed linenbedclothesbedcoverbeddingbedsheet

Example

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"Put on my eiderdown coat. That'll be better."

Etymology

From eider + down.

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