What is a Duvet? How is it used?

Answer 1

Hi,
Where I come from it's called a Doona. It is a blanket filled with Duck down feathers.

I use to have one but the feathers would end up down the bottom of the blanket. In the middle of the night you would wake up because you were cold and have to turn the blanket around and try to shake the feathers around to make it even.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duvet
http://www.dealsdirect.com.au/p/50-down-feather-king-size-duvet-doona-2-feather-pillows/

Answer 2

A duvet is a comforter for a bed. It is white and needs to be covered with a duvet cover which goes over the duvet and has a pattern or solid color. They make cleaning easier and cheaper to change the look of a roon at a whim.

Answer 3

I am an older person - and have noticed that stores now call just about anything that covers a bed and is not a sheet or blanket, a Duvet...
but when I was growing up a Duvet was a soft flat bag-shaped item, like a giant pillow slip/pillow case: it was traditionally filled with down or feathers, or a combination of both and used on a bed for warmth.
We used to call Duvets "eiderdowns" in England, because they were filled with down (similar to feathers) from the Eider Duck.
The ones nowadays are better because you can wash them.
And, of course, have nice coloured covers to match your bedroom colours.
js

Answer 4

Duvet


A double duvet.A duvet (pronounced /duːveɪ/, from the French duvet /dyvɛ/ "down") or doona is a type of bedding— a soft flat bag traditionally filled with down or feathers, or a combination of both and used on a bed as a blanket. Duvets originally came out of rural Europe and were made from the down feathers of the Eider duck, which is well known for its usefulness as an insulator. In Spain and Latin America is known as edredón.

In Westphalia, an English travel-writer observed with surprise in 1749,

"There is one thing very particular to them, that they do not cover themselves with bed-cloaths, but lay one feather-bed over, and another under. This is comfortable enough in winter, but how they can bear their feather-beds over them in summer, as is generally practised, I cannot conceive." —Thomas Nugent, The Grand Tour 1749, vol II. p66 [1]
Duvets are still commonly used in Europe (especially in northern Europe and Scandinavia where it is the most common form of bed covering), and have become popular throughout the world in the late twentieth century.

Duvets reduce the complexity of making a bed, as it is a single covering instead of the combination of sheets, blankets, and quilts or other bed covers, which is traditional in many parts of the world. The cover is called a "duvet cover" or a "quilt cover".

Nowadays, a duvet is sometimes filled with silk, wool, or artificial fibers (such as polyester batting or other artificial material). It is sometimes confused with a comforter, although comforters go on top of the traditional sheets and blankets and are primarily decorative while duvets are used alone.

In Australia it is called a "Doona", from a trademarked brand name derived from the Old Norse dunn meaning "down feathers". Though still registered to the Tontine company, the name "Doona" has become a generic term for a duvet or down quilt. Originally the term continental quilt was the standard name used across Australia; some regions of Australia still use this term today.

In Danish and Norwegian it is called a dyne, which is pronounced similarly to the Australian name.

In the US, confusion often occurs as the word "duvet" may refer to a comforter cover rather than the down blanket itself. This is how the term is used by several large retailers,

"For those of you enjoying a down comforter, or even just looking for a change for your bedroom, a duvet could be the perfect answer. Since you will be placing your comforter inside the duvet, it is important that the appropriate size be selected."—Bed, Bath and Beyond, Sizing Up Your Bedroom [2]
The term Duvet Day is used in some countries to describe an allowance of one day a year when you can simply call work and say you're not coming in, even if you don't have holiday booked and you're not ill. This became fashionable in the late 1990s with many larger companies in the USA and the UK.

Answer 5

A duvet is like a sleeping bag for your comforter. You put your comforter inside it. Some people use them to give their room a new look. Others use it to keep the comforter clean. Check out this link.
http://plumeriabay.com/Main/Info/What-Is-A-Duvet.aspx

Answer 6

A duvet is a blanket filled with natural or synthetic down. It is usually covered with a fabric casing. I have one, they're awesome. They keep you warm in the winter and breathe in the summer.

Answer 7

a duvet is sort of like a comforter, but it more refers to the covering over the pillowy comforter portion i think. a duvet cover is like a huge pillowcase for comforters that can be removed for washing. i've seen many college students use them because it's easy to keep clean.

Answer 8

A quilt. Usually with a washable cover, that may be used in place of a bedspread and top sheet.

Answer 9

It's a fancy word for bed cover... usually at the bottom there is an opening where you stick a comforter in... ;)

Answer 10

A bedspread, used for decoration, often a quilt.