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- removed and laundered as often as the bottom sheet. Duvets (known there as eiderdowns, in translation) originated in rural Europe[citation needed] and were...
- Eiderdown can refer to: The down feathers of the eider duck Eiderdown (bedding), a duvet or comforter (a kind of quilt), traditionally containing eider...
- and quilts—they have given the name to the type of quilt known as an eiderdown. The genus Somateria was introduced in 1819 to accommodate the king eider...
- land margins of the north produced down feathers from eider duck for eiderdowns and quilted jackets without necessarily killing the birds. In the Western...
- synthetic alternatives. Although eiderdown pillows or quilts are now a rarity—typically being marketed as luxury goods—eiderdown harvesting continues and is...
- winter. See wikt:comforter. Cocozza, Paula (January 6, 2016). "Duvets v eiderdowns – the royal household takes it to the mattresses". The Guardian. Archived...
- quality. Down was collected and exported. The Norwegian west coast supplied eiderdowns and sometimes feathers were bought from the Samis. Down was used for bedding...
- XIIIe siècle jusqu'à nos jours, Havard, Henry, 1838-1921 "Featherbeds, duvets, eiderdowns, feather ticks - history". www.oldandinteresting.com. 2006....
- corpse being too big to fit in the boot of the car, it was wrapped in an eiderdown and put in the back seat. Tony Lambrianou drove the car with the body...
- party when he was ****aulted and murdered. His body was then wrapped in an eiderdown and disposed of. It was later discovered and then taken to a place where...