What is "swansdown"

Usage examples of "swansdown".

There were velvets, lawns, percales, soft woofs, mohair, swansdown, shalloon, prunella, tammy, tulle, organdy, crepe, the delicate French laces.

Encouraged by this tribute, Hero showed him a cloak of green sarsnet trimmed with swansdown, which she had purchased that morning, and upon his expressing his unqualified approval of this garment, confided, a little nervously, that she feared he might, when he came to see the bill, think it a trifle dear.

There were brocades that stood alone with splendor of fabric, there was rich lace, fine linen, ribbons, farthingales, swansdown tippets, and little slippers with high, red heels.

No shining angel with a golden halo straight from Tiffany's, a French horn, and wings fabricated out of pristine Chinese swansdown arrived to bless Amarante's fertile imagination.

She herself swabbed Jack off, dressed him in a bellyband, a diaper, plass overpants, and a little terry-cloth suit, then stowed him in his swansdown bunting and cradle furs while she washed herself and put on a fresh nightgown.

In front of the chiefs, a place of 6 feet diameter was clear, and the pipe of peace raised on forked sticks, about 6 or 8 inches from the ground, under which there was swansdown scattered.