DCHP-3

Indian cradle†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a thin, rectangular board to which a moss bag is fastened and in which infants are carried. See picture at cradle-board.

Quotations

1852
She then set out dragging a sledge, and having her first-born suspended between her shoulders, in a bag or Indian cradle.
1952
A greater part of the baby's first year is spent in a tickhenaghen or moss bag (Indian cradle). It is made from a board a couple of feet or so long with a piece of cloth tacked over the top, pocket fashion.