Definitions for: Swaddle

[v] wrap in swaddling clothes; of infants

Webster (1913) Definition: Swad"dle, n. [AS. swe?il, swe?el, fr. swe?ain to bind.
See Swathe.]
Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a
swaddling band.

They put me in bed in all my swaddles. --Addison.

Swad"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swaddled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Swaddling.]
1. To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with
clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to
swaddle a baby.

They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces
of linen. --Addison.

2. To beat; to cudgel. [Obs.] --Hudibras.

Synonyms: swathe

See Also: bind

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