Associations to the word «Eiderdown»

Wiktionary

EIDERDOWN, noun. (uncountable) The down of the eider duck, used for stuffing pillows and quilts.
EIDERDOWN, noun. (countable) A quilt stuffed with this down.

Dictionary definition

EIDERDOWN, noun. A soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider.
EIDERDOWN, noun. Down of the eider duck.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats