DCHP-1 Online
papoose bag 
among certain Indian tribes, a kind of bag that is laced in front and sometimes attached to a cradle-board, used for carrying a baby and so called because the bag is lined with dry moss, which serves as a diaper. [See picture at cradle- board.]
See also: cradle-board moss bag
- 1957 She was dressed for a journey and over her back was little David in a papoose bag.
- 1957 She was dressed for a journey and over her back was little David in a papoose bag.