'Foundling hospital' definitions:
Definition of 'foundling hospital'
noun
A hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for [syn:
creche, foundling hospital]
Definition of 'Foundling hospital'
- Foundling \Found"ling\, n. [OE. foundling, fundling; finden to
find + -ling; cf. f["u]ndling, findling. See Find, v. t.,
and -ling.]
A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent
or owner.
[1913 Webster]
- Foundling hospital, a hospital for foundlings.
[1913 Webster]
