swad|dling bands

swad|dling bands
swad|dling clothes, swad|dling bands, or swad|dling clouts «SWOD lihng»,
1. a) long, narrow strips of cloth used for wrapping a newborn infant so as to prevent its free movement: »

And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger (Luke 2:7).

 b) long clothes for an infant.
2. Figurative. a) the earliest period of existence of a person or thing, when movement or action is restricted; infancy. b) the restrictions so imposed.

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  • swad|dling clouts — swad|dling clothes, swad|dling bands, or swad|dling clouts «SWOD lihng», 1. a) long, narrow strips of cloth used for wrapping a newborn infant so as to prevent its free movement: »And she brought forth her first born son, and wrapped him in… …   Useful english dictionary

  • swad|dling clothes — swad|dling clothes, swad|dling bands, or swad|dling clouts «SWOD lihng», 1. a) long, narrow strips of cloth used for wrapping a newborn infant so as to prevent its free movement: »And she brought forth her first born son, and wrapped him in… …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

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