swaddling clothes in English
noun
1
narrow bands of cloth formerly wrapped around a newborn child to restrain its movements and quiet it.
The Virgin Mary is said to have dried her newborn's swaddling clothes by spreading them on a bed of wild lavender.
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1. I was charged with the defense of King's Landing when you were soiling your swaddling clothes.
2. The Angel heralded a sign of hope to the world: ‘In a manger you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes’