down-covered
Example Sentences
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Only those persons who were close to the king wore the down-filled or down-covered net caps and feather plumes on their heads.
From Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579 by Heizer, Robert F.
Their heads and necks were down-covered, instead of being naked like those of their parents.
From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Roosevelt, Theodore
What actually decided me to commit so heinous a sin was a remark dropped by one of the peddlers that my down-covered face made me look like a "green one."
From The Rise of David Levinsky by Cahan, Abraham
Madeline was just twenty years of age, when, as the wife of Edward Leslie, she left this warm down-covered nest, and was borne to a new and more elegant home.
From Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
The best down is got by robbing the down-covered nest, an inferior kind by plucking the dead birds.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882
