noun.
A Native American infant or very young child.
noun.
A cradleboard.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A North American Indian babe or young child, commonly carried by its mother bound up and strapped to a board, or hung up so as to be out of harm's way.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A babe or young child of Indian parentage in North America.