swaddling clothes

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plural noun

clothes consisting of long, narrow strips of cloth for swaddling an infant.
long garments for an infant.
the period of infancy or immaturity, as of a person, or incipience, as of a thing: Nuclear energy is still in its swaddling clothes.
rigid supervision or restriction of actions or movements, as of the immature: new nations that are freeing themselves of their swaddling clothes.

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decorum
the act of or need for making up one's mind.
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
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Also called swaddling bands (for defs 1, 2).

Origin of swaddling clothes

First recorded in 1525–35

Words nearby swaddling clothes

swabby, swabia, swabian, swacked, swaddle, swaddling clothes, swaddy, swadeshi, swados, swag, swage
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British Dictionary definitions for swaddling clothes

swaddling clothes

pl n

long strips of linen or other cloth formerly wrapped round a newly born baby
restrictions or supervision imposed on the immature
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