swaddle Meaning, Definition & Usage

AS. sweil, sweel, fr. sweain 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.

imperfect & past participle Swaddled ; present participle & verbal noun Swaddling

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.
To beat; to cudgel. Obs. Hudibras.