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Swaddle


SWAD'DLE, verb transitive

1. To swathe; to bind, as with a bandage; to bind tight with clothes; used generally of infants; as, to swaddle a child.

They swaddled me in my night-gown.

2. To bat; to cudgel. [Low and Not in use.]

SWAD'DLE, noun Clothes bound tight around the body.

They put me in bed in all my swaddles.