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cradle-board 
n. a thin, rectangular board to which a moss bag is fastened and in which infants are carried.
See also: board cradle cradle-basket (picture) Indian cradle moss bag papoose board papoose-carrier
- 1791 [The board, on which the child is placed, is slung to the mother's forehead with a broad worsted belt, and rests against her back.]
- 1885 The mode of nursing the Indian papoose, by bandaging it on a cradle-board, is specially adapted to the vicissitudes of a nomad forest life.
- 1966 Tools and equipment made from forest products included . . . birch bark containers, wooden utensils, cradle boards. . . .
- 1791 [The board, on which the child is placed, is slung to the mother's forehead with a broad worsted belt, and rests against her back.]