eiderdown

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.”

2. isim 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.”