Rate this phrase:0.0 / 0 votes

swaddling clothes

A garment, made of strips of cloth, used to bind an infant and restrict movement of its limbs
0 Views
“

1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version) Luke 2:7 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

Collection   Edit    

Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'swaddling clothes':

swaddling clothesAn early period in development, infancy, the beginnings of something; inception.
See them all »

Translation

Find a translation for the swaddling clothes phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to swaddling clothes

clothes don't make the manthe emperor has no clothessell my clothes, I'm going to heavenemperor's new clothes

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this swaddling clothes phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this swaddling clothes definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "swaddling clothes." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/swaddling-clothes_15191>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    He bends over _______ to help them.
    A backwards
    B sideways
    C forwards
    D downwards

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ