Swaddle Definition
swŏdl
swaddled, swaddles, swaddling
verb
swaddled, swaddles, swaddling
To wrap, as in cloth.
He stood on the sidewalk, swaddled in a blanket.
American Heritage
To wrap (a newborn baby) in swaddling clothes, a blanket, etc., as to calm it.
Webster's New World
To bind in or as in bandages; swathe.
Webster's New World
(archaic) To beat; cudgel.
Wiktionary
noun
A cloth, bandage, etc. used for swaddling.
Webster's New World
Origin of Swaddle
Middle English swadlen probably back-formation from swadling (band) swaddling (cloth), or swathelbonde both from swathelen probably frequentative of Old English swathian to swathe
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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swathe (“to wrap with fabric") +"Ž -le (frequentative), the word then underwent th-stopping (its voiced th became a d).
From Wiktionary
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