Moses basket

English

Etymology

From Moses +‎ basket, after the biblical story of Moses being placed in a basket and set afloat on the Nile (Exodus 2:1-10).

Noun

Moses basket (plural Moses baskets)

1. A basket for holding a newborn, a kind of bassinet designed to be set upon a stand.

Translations

basket

• French: moïse (fr) m
• Hungarian: mózeskosár (hu)