Eiderdown

Quick meaning: Eiderdown is a noun meaning (uncountable) The down of the eider duck, used for stuffing pillows and quilts.

Meaning

(uncountable) The down of the eider duck, used for stuffing pillows and quilts.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A quilt stuffed with this down.

Example Sentences

She jerked up in bed, clutching the eiderdown; her heart beat. What could it be?

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

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.

I entered. It was a very small room, overcrowded with furniture of the style which the French know as Louis Philippe. There was a large wooden bedstead on which was a billowing red eiderdown, and there was a large wardrobe, a round table, a very small washstand, and two stuffed chairs covered with red rep.

Word Forms

• eiderdowns
• eider down

Synonyms for eiderdown

Depending on context, synonyms include duvet.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include duvet, featherdown, downy, down, swansdown, swan's-down.

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