eiderdown
Collocations
4ADJ.
red, soft
VERB + EIDERDOWN
billowing, put
EIDERDOWN + NOUN
ther
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
The down of the eider duck, used for stuffing pillows and quilts.
A great sea lifted us high and, crashing down with a deafening roar, carried us swiftly along on light foam as soft as eiderdown.
A quilt stuffed with this down.
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.
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Synonyms
noun — a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
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Example Bank
4A great sea lifted us high and, crashing down with a deafening roar, carried us swiftly along on light foam as soft as eiderdown.
WiktionaryThe 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 p
WiktionaryI 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 ther
WiktionaryPut on my eiderdown coat. That'll be better.
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