
Noah Webster
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.