SWADDLING

Swaddling

Swaddling is an age-old practice of wrapping infants in blankets or similar cloth so that movement of the limbs is tightly restricted. Swaddling bands were often used to further restrict the infant. Swaddling fell out of favor in the seventeenth century.

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swaddling

Noun

  1. The practice of wrapping infants in clothing that restricts movement.
  2. Clothing of this kind.

Verb



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