† swathing-clothesn.
Obsolete.
With plural agreement. = swaddling-clothes n.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. vii. 4 I was nurshid in swathing clothis.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Ki They maye laye downe the yong infauntes..take them out of their swathynge clothes and holde them to the fyere, and refreshe them with playe.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Aube En mes aubes, in my infancie, or swathing clothes; when I was in my cradle.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. ii. 112 Thrice hath the Hotspur Mars, in swathing Clothes [1598 swathling cloaths], This Infant Warrior..Discomfited great Dowglas.
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