swaddling clothes en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- (plural, plural-only) A garment, made of strips of cloth, used to bind an infant and restrict movement of its limbs.
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(idiomatic, plural, plural-only) An early period in development, infancy, the beginnings of something; inception.
1954, Academy Site May Be Chosen May 15, St Petersburg Times, 11 May issue The Air Force Academy, baby brother to West Point and Annapolis, is crawling out of its swaddling clothes.
The steel—industry wore swaddling clothes when the first walkout occurred exactly 100 years ago.
1952, Steel Industry Union Strife Has Been In Progress For Even Century, "The Day" issue of June the 4th, 1952
Translations (26)
az qundaq (garment) · fr langes (garment) · ro fașă (garment) · es empañadura (garment) · ru пелёнки (garment) · pl powijak (early period in development) · el φάσκιωμα (garment) · fi kapalot (garment) · cmn 襁褓 (garment) · ru свива́льники (garment) · izh huntu (garment) · grc σπάργανον (garment) · pl powijak (garment) · ca bolquers (garment) · tr kundak (garment) · izh kapalo (garment) · io lanjo (garment) · pdt Winjel (garment) · la incūnābula (garment) · fa اشتک (garment) · fi kapaloaste (early period in development) · hy խանձարուր (garment) · pt manta (garment) · hu pólya (garment) · fa قنداق (garment) · hy բարուր (garment)