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1. (v.t.) swaddle
to bind (a newborn infant) with swaddling clothes to prevent free movement.
2. swaddle
to wrap (anything) round with bandages.
3. (n.) swaddle
a long, narrow strip of cloth used for swaddling.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME, in suadiling (ger.); akin by gradation to ME swethel (n.), OE; see swathe1, -le)
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1. (verb) swaddle, swathe
wrap in swaddling clothes
"swaddled the infant"
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1. (noun) swaddle
anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band
2. (verb) swaddle
to bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby
3. (verb) swaddle
to beat; to cudgel
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