Swaddle
['swɒd(ə)l] or ['swɑdl]
Definition
(n.) Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band.
(v. t.) To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby.
(v. t.) To beat; to cudgel.
Inputed by George
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Swathe.
Inputed by Gracie
Definition
v.t. to swathe or bind tight with clothes as an infant.—ns. Swadd′ler an Irish papist's name for a Methodist &c.; Swadd′ling-band Swadd′ling-cloth a cloth for swaddling an infant:—pl. Swadd′ling-clothes (B.).
Edited by Jonathan