English to Xhosa Meaning of eiderdown - eiderdown

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Definitions of eiderdown in English

Noun(1) a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider(2) down of the eider duck

Examples of eiderdown in English

(1) The Queen had her doubts about the girl being a princess, and is determined to find out the truth by placing a pea under the mattress and eiderdown of the princess's bed.(2) Precious pastry cooks declared it needed to rest on an eiderdown before it went in the oven, after which baking took place in an atmosphere of maternity.(3) I pulled the eiderdown over my head and hugged myself, but my own arms gave me no comfort.(4) I shivered in the folds of the eiderdown wrapped around my shoulders and drew it tighter, trying to foil an errant draught.(5) Clara tucked the eiderdown about his shoulders.(6) They went upstairs, undressed and climbed between the cool sheets covered with the heavy eiderdown .(7) That night, they fell asleep in Victoria's living room, lounged against each other and wrapped in an eiderdown quilt.(8) ├ö├ç├┐Just leave it on the desk, thank you,├ö├ç├û I mumbled into the eiderdown .(9) The searchers had ripped apart the mattress, the eiderdown , and the pillows.(10) The father of the house where Teddy is staying at the outbreak of war throws a white eiderdown out of a window in a rage.(11) It was always such a relief to get back to Auntie Lizzie's so we could use her eiderdown quilts to slide down the stairs (sit on the top step, at the end of the quilt, fold it over your feet, hold both corners and launch yourself over the edge).(12) We would set out to warm her up by driving two miles in second gear with an old eiderdown over her bonnet.(13) A couple of fancy shirts, several pair of dress trousers, and other garments were neatly spread out on the eiderdown coverlet.(14) Some talk of rosy cheeks and country air, and fresh food and plump eiderdowns and lifelong friends.(15) I felt the crisp Arctic air and ran my hand through Musk-ox hair that was as soft as eider down .(16) Iceland is one of the last major sources of Eider Down in the world.

Related Phrases of eiderdown

(1) eiderdown ::

eiderdown

(2) down ::

wehla

(3) eider ::

eider

Related Phrases of eiderdown

(1) eiderdown ::

eiderdown

(2) down ::

wehla

(3) eider ::

eider

Synonyms

Noun

1. continental quilt ::

Quilt lizwekazi

2. duvet ::

duvet

Different Forms

eiderdown, eiderdowns

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