Wiktionary
n. A lightweight blanket that is wrapped around or placed under a partially or fully nude baby for warmth and hygiene.
Usage examples of "receiving blanket".
The first nurse beamed smiles into the bassinet and swept from it a pink treasure swaddled in a simple white receiving blanket.
She did not protest when Roy swathed the child in a receiving blanket and laid him in the portable crib that he pushed gently to one side of the bed.
The water was only deep enough to cover her chubby legs, but her solemn brother Hannibal and the big dog were strictly set to watch her while the nurse went inside to get a receiving blanket.
Young Olone stepped forward with clothing and a receiving blanket, and the small form was swaddled to the armpits.
Along the far wall was a sink and table spread with a receiving blanket and medical equipment, including an incubator.
She hummed at the infant, who smacked her lips and yawned, and tucked the receiving blanket around her more firmly.
Running out into the night with twenty thousand dollars in cash and a beautiful baby boy wrapped in a hospital receiving blanket.
Right now Meredith was discreetly nursing her three month-old baby under a receiving blanket thrown over her shoulder.
You weren't wrapped in a pure wool receiving blanket, for starters.