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eider down

eider down is the alternative spelling of eiderdown.

Meaning of eiderdown

Noun

eiderdown (countable and uncountable, plural eiderdowns)

  1. (uncountable) 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.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 80
  2. (countable) 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.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 3”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Forms of eider down

pluraleider downs

Questions about eider down

What is eider down the alternative spelling of?
Eider down is the alternative spelling of eiderdown.

Words near eider down in the dictionary

  1. Eidem
  2. Eidems
  3. eident
  4. eidently
  5. eider
  6. eider down
  7. eider duck
  8. eider geese
  9. eider goose
  10. eiderdown
  11. eiderdowns

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