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eiderdown

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ei·der·down also eider down  (dr-doun)
n.
1. The down of the eider duck, used as stuffing for quilts and pillows.
2. A quilt stuffed with the down of the eider duck.
3. A warm napped fabric.

[Swedish ejderdun, from Icelandic ædhar-dún : ædhar, genitive of ædhr, eider (from Old Norse dhr) + dún, down (from Old Norse dnn).]

eiderdown
Noun
a thick warm cover for a bed, filled with soft feathers, originally the breast feathers of the female eider duck
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.eiderdown - a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
eiderdown - down of the eider duck
quilt, comforter, puff, comfort - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
2.eiderdown - down of the eider duck
eider, eider duck - duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
duck down - down of the duck
continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown - a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
Translations
eiderdown [ˈaɪdədaun] nedredón m

eiderdown [ˈaɪdədaun] nédredon m

eiderdown [ˈaɪdədaun] nFederbett nt, Daunendecke f

eiderdown [ˈaɪdədaun] npiumino

eiderdown
n eiderdown [ˈaidədaun]
a bedcover made of the down or soft feathers of the eider duck (a northern sea duck). donskombers لِحاف من الرّيش пух prachová prošívaná přikrývka overdyne; dyne Eiderdaunen (pl.) πουπουλένιο πάπλωμα edredón udusulgtekk لحاف پر haahkanuntuvapeite édredon שְׂמִיכַת נוֹצוֹת गद्दा perina pehelypaplan selimut æðardúnssæng trapunta 羽ぶとん (솜털 오리의) 깃털 이불 pûkinë antklodë dūnu sega buku eider dekbed (ederduns)dyne pierzyna, kołdra edredão pilotă пуховое одеяло páperový paplón pernica jorgan [] ejderdun ขนหน้าอกของเป็ดไอเดอร์ ördek tüyünden yorgan 鴨絨被 ковдра з гагачого пуху برم پروں سے بنا لحاف یا گدا chăn lông vịt 垫(


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And as she snuggled comfortably beneath the eiderdown a sense of restfulness invaded her, such as she had not known before.
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.
Beside the pallet was a window, whose panes broken like a spider's web upon which rain has fallen, allowed a view, through its rent meshes, of a corner of the sky, and the moon lying far away on an eiderdown bed of soft clouds.
 
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