swaddling clothes

swaddling clothes
noun
1. a garment (a gown or narrow strips of cloth) for an infant
Syn: ↑swaddling bands
Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form
Hypernyms: ↑garment
2. restrictions placed on the immature
Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form
Hypernyms: ↑constraint

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noun [plural]
: narrow strips of cloth that were wrapped around babies in the past

an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes

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ˈswaddling clothes f8 [swaddling clothes] noun plural
strips of cloth used in the past for wrapping a baby tightly

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  • swaddling clothes — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ cloth bands formerly wrapped round a newborn child to calm it …   English terms dictionary

  • swaddling clothes — n. 1. the long, narrow bands of cloth wrapped around a newborn baby in former times 2. rigid controls or restrictions, such as those imposed on infants, the immature, etc …   English World dictionary

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  • swaddling clothes — noun A garment, made of strips of cloth, used to bind an infant and restrict movement of its limbs Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for… …   Wiktionary

  • swaddling clothes — /ˈswɒdlɪŋ ˌkloʊðz/ (say swodling .klohdhz) plural noun 1. clothes consisting of long, narrow strips of cloth for swaddling an infant. 2. long clothes for an infant. 3. the earliest period of existence of a person or thing; a period of infancy,… …  

  • swaddling clothes — swad′dling clothes n. pl. 1) clo Also called swad′dling bands . long, narrow strips of cloth formerly used for swaddling an infant 2) a period of infancy or immaturity 3) rigid supervision, as of the immature …   From formal English to slang

  • swaddling-clothes — swaddˈling band or swaddˈling clothes noun (Bible) A strip or strips of cloth for swaddling an infant • • • Main Entry: ↑swaddle …   Useful english dictionary

  • swaddling clothes — swad|dling clothes [ swadlıŋ ,klouðz ] noun plural cloth that people used in the past for wrapping babies in …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • swaddling clothes — swad·dling clothes || swÉ‘dlɪŋ‚kləʊðz n. diapers; restrictions …   English contemporary dictionary

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