| Summary: | whittle n Then, winter and summer, children were bound up in "whittles"*, night and day, for two or three months at least, though after this period they were given more freedom of movement during the day. Putting a child in "whittles" or "whetals" was also termed "dressing them up for the night". W.J. Kirwin MAR 1973 JH MAR 1973 * This word variously spelled "whittles", "wheatles", "whittals," "widdles" was, according to sources quoted in the English Dialect Dictionary, found in various parts of England - ." DNE-cit Used I Used I Used I 'whetals' "whittals" "widdles"
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