SWADDLE

swaddle, swathe

(verb) wrap in swaddling clothes; “swaddled the infant”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

swaddle (third-person singular simple present swaddles, present participle swaddling, simple past and past participle swaddled)

To bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.

(archaic) To beat; cudgel.

Noun

swaddle (plural swaddles)

Anything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band.

Anagrams

• Dewalds, Waddles, dawdles, waddles

Source: Wiktionary

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Swad"dle, n. Etym: [AS. swe, swe, fr. swe to bind. See Swathe.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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