Eiderdown

Definitions

1. The down of the eider duck, used for stuffing pillows and quilts.
   uncountable
2. A quilt stuffed with this down.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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

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