a thin, rectangular board to which a moss bag is fastened and in which infants are carried. [See picture at cradle-board].
See also: cradle-board
- 1935  Many of the villagers have . . . relics of the old times [including] carved papoose-boards and pipes. . . .
- 1958  Mrs. Gilbert decided that a papoose board was the answer. She called Chief Poking Fire at the Caughnawaga Indian Reservation and ordered one.