= chrisom, n. 2 4.

(In full, chrisom-cloth, chrisom-robe, etc.): A white robe, put on a child at baptism as a token of innocence: originally, perhaps merely a…

A chrism-cloth; a cloth laid over the chrism put on a child's head at baptism. Cf. chrisom, n. 2. Also as a modifier, in cude-cloth.

a blanket in which a child is christened.

As a modifier, designating an item of clothing or apparel worn to a christening, esp. by a child being baptized, as in christening dress, christening…