babeshipn.
/ˈbeɪbʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈbeɪbˌʃɪp/ Now rare.
= babyship n.
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milkeOE
barnagec1400
infancec1400
infancya1513
babeship1542
babehood1548
cradle1555
cradle-hood1599
baby agea1617
biggin1616
babyship1617
dentity1638
babyhood1748
babyism1798
paphood1837
babydom1853
infanthood1862
infantage1866
tottledom1889
toddlerhood1917
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 172 He had not euen from his tendre babeship been nousleed in the preceptes of philosophie.
1576 R. Robinson tr. F. Patrizi Moral Methode Ciuile Policie iv. f. 44v The mylcke whiche they gaue vnto theym in their Infancye, and babeshippe.
a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1704) V. ii. 179 Out of their Babeship.
1837 G. Home Mem. of Aristocrat i. 38 His babeship of six feet will be dandled about with..ease by his lady-mother of thirty-six feet high.
1914 L. Robinson Marching Men ii. viii. 128 The babeship of God is scarcely less glorious than his fatherhood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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