Associations to the word «Foundling»
Noun
Wiktionary
FOUNDLING, noun. An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.
FOUNDLING WHEEL, noun. A revolving crib set in the wall of a church or convent, allowing an abandoned baby to be left anonymously and safely.
Dictionary definition
FOUNDLING, noun. A child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.