2. Noun. The practice of wrapping infants in clothing that restricts movement. ¹
3. Noun. Clothing of this kind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swaddling
1. swaddle [v] - See also: swaddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swaddling
Literary usage of Swaddling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by Jonathan Eastwood, William Aldis Wright (1884)
"The bandages used in swaddling infants, called also 'swaddling-bands' (Job xxxviii.
9), and ' swaddling-clouts,' as in Shakespeare (Ham. ..."
2. American Medical Journal (1875)
"Art. XXVII—The Swaddling-Band.—By HL TRUE, MD " In the day thou wast born thy
... If you tell one of them the swaddling-band is an " infernal machine," she ..."
3. The Simplicity that is in Christ: Sermons to the Woodland Church, Philadelphia by Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1886)
"THE SIGN OF THE Swaddling-CLOTHES. A CHRISTMAS SERMON. ... occur to any of the
translators that this word swaddling-clothes would ever be an obsolete word, ..."
4. Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon Or Columbia River: Being a by Alexander Ross (1849)
"... between Indians and whites—Manner of swaddling infants—Hardships during
infancy—Savage customs—Indian constitution—Chief cause of scanty population—A ..."
5. Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century by Pardoe (Julia) (1847)
"The Swaddling-clothes—Poverty of Louis XIII.—Social Position of the Kingdom—Partial
Reconciliation of the King and Queen—M. de Cinq-Mars—Birth of the Duke ..."
6. A Diplomatist's Wife in Many Lands by Hugh Fraser (1910)
"... Caterina di Siena — Gregory XVI and the Ballet Dancers — Swaddling the Statues
in St. Peter's — Secret Societies — Mazzini — The Origin of the Carbonari ..."
7. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"... alone show how hard it was even for the vigorous manhood of the seventeenth
century to get rid of the swaddling bands of superstition and imposture. ..."
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