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swaddling clothes Definition

swaddling clothes

noun

  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.

swaddling-clothes Quotes

And so it was, that, whilethey were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 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 them in the inn.

—Bible (NewTestament)

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