eiderdownn.
1. The small soft feathers from the breast of the eider duck. Also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [noun] > feathers > type of feathers or down
swan's-downa1616
otter down1759
eiderdown1774
ostrich1842
the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Somateria > somateria mollissima (eider) > eider-down
Cuthbert down1397
eiderdown1774
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 125 In this number we may reckon the Eider-down.
1804 Count Rumford in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 94 85 Having its two ends well covered up with eider-down.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xvi. 167 All who could work, even at picking over eider-down.
1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 52 You top up with a sweet little eider-down quilt, as light as roses.
2. A quilt filled with eiderdown or any similar soft material.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > outer cover
coverture?c1225
chalon1301
coverlet1382
coverlida1400
quiltpointc1400
pane1405
counterpointa1475
liggera1483
happing1503
counterpane1626
palampore1676
spread1750
duvet1759
mata1894
suggan1907
eiderdown1950
1950 Times 26 Apr. 7/7 I ask you..to lend your pen to scotching the unwarrantable..term ‘eiderdown’ when applied to the ordinary goose-down quilt.
1955 Oxf. Junior Encycl. XI. 20/2 In the 20th century, eiderdowns, stuffed with down or flock and covered in silk or chintz, became popular.
1970 J. Prior Soft Furnishing vii. 80 An eiderdown is made like a very large cushion, with a design stitched right through the cover to keep the feathers in fixed pockets.
3. A heavily napped wool or cotton or man-made fabric of thick texture, in plain and fancy colours, used for petticoats, cloaks, bath-robes, etc. Frequently attributive.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > cotton or woollen or man-made fibres
eiderdown1872
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > outer cover > quilt > types of
leatherdoom1702
duvet1759
eiderdown1872
futon1875
plumeau1875
crazy quilt1886
puff1894
puffin1959
continental quilt1969
Doona1973
quillow1989
1872 A. Mercier Our Mother Church xvi. 360 For more elaborate texts..letters may be made of cotton wool, of the fluffy calico called eiderdown, [etc.].
1873 Young Englishwoman Nov. 572/2 Could the kind Editor..give directions..for making an eider-down petticoat.
1890 Amer. Mail Order Catal. (1961) 11 Handsome Eider-down short cloak, with astrachan shoulder cap.
1905 Smart Set Sept. 155/2 A red eiderdown bath-robe.
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