Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The down of the eider, used as stuffing for quilts and pillows.
- noun A quilt stuffed with the down of the eider.
- noun A warm napped fabric.
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- noun uncountable The
down of theeider duck , used forstuffing pillows andquilts . - noun countable A quilt stuffed with this down.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
- noun down of the eider duck
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Under the eiderdown was a snowy light counterpane.
Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief L. T. Meade 1884
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Nomith lost the top spot after he was unable to spell "eiderdown," the down of the eider duck, used as stuffing for quilts and pillows.
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In 1947 Cassin began designing and making equipment, starting with pitons, hammers, ice-axes and harnesses before moving into articles of clothing such as eiderdown jackets.
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I remember the day and the pink eiderdown bed and I'd heard Roy Orbison doing "Only the Lonely" or something.
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But when I did I left Bethan to spread herself across the whole bed and I soared into a sky that wrapped me in air as light and warm as an eiderdown.
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I remember the day and the pink eiderdown bed and I'd heard Roy Orbison doing "Only the Lonely" or something.
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One glitch: my companion suffers from Reynaud's Syndrome and is hampered by frostbite on his thumbs, even with his specially-made pair of eiderdown mittens.
Peter Mandel: Dear Travel Section: Help Me!! Peter Mandel 2011
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I remember the day and the pink eiderdown bed and I'd heard Roy Orbison doing "Only the Lonely" or something.
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I remember the day and the pink eiderdown bed and I'd heard Roy Orbison doing "Only the Lonely" or something.
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And he went with a quack and a waddle and a quack in a flurry of eiderdown.
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