Popular American term for mid-19th-century benches on rockers, with detachable fences two thirds of their length so that a baby could lie on the seat without rolling off, while the mother sat beside it.
AAT
3000121308
benches, cradle
benches, mammas'
benches, mammies'
benches, rocking
mammas' benches
mammies' benches
mammies' rockers
rockers, mammies'
rocking benches
rocking settees
settees, rocking
13yrs ago
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