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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strips of cloth used in the past for wrapping a baby tightly
Useful english dictionary. 2012.