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Grammar : Noun

Spell : ahy-der-doun

Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪ dərˌdaʊn

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Définition of eiderdown

Origin : 1774; see eider + down (n.). Ultimately from Icelandic æðardun, via a Scandinavian source (cf. Danish ederdunn) or German Eiderdon.

As in quilt : noun thick bedcovering made of patches
As in bedding : noun covering for sleeping furniture
As in fluff : noun down

Example sentences :

She pulled the eiderdown about her head so as not to cry out so loudly that she would be heard.
Extract from : « The Dust Flower » by Basil King

She jerked up in bed, clutching the eiderdown; her heart beat.
Extract from : « Bliss, and Other Stories » by Katherine Mansfield

If your eiderdown is getting shabby, why not clean it and re-cover it yourself?
Extract from : « Needlework Economies » by Various

It was rather a close afternoon, and she lay on her bed on the top of her eiderdown.
Extract from : « Just William » by Richmal Crompton

I'll slip on a dressing-gown and curl up on top of the bed under an eiderdown.
Extract from : « Vision House » by C. N. Williamson

Indeed, he had the cure of three parishes, for that of Eiderdown was joined to Stogpingum.
Extract from : « Barchester Towers » by Anthony Trollope

But it was no use; she threw back the eiderdown, and sat bolt upright.
Extract from : « My Little Sister » by Elizabeth Robins

It was the eiderdown comfort, half-way up the studio staircase!
Extract from : « When a Man Marries » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Her lips trembled and her knees were shaking beneath the eiderdown quilt.
Extract from : « The Voice of the People » by Ellen Glasgow

There is something fat and sinister and German about that eiderdown.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, April 18, 1917 » by Various

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