- 1. n. Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. Source: opted
- 2. 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. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To beat; to cudgel. Source: opted
- 4. v. wrap in swaddling clothes Source: wordnet
- 5. Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison. 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
- 6. Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddlingband.They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison. Source: adambom
- 7. v:100 v. wrap in swaddling clothes Source: ecdict
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