Swaddle

n.	1.	Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. They put me in bed in all my swaddles. - Addison.
v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Swaddled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swaddling .] They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces of linen. - Addison.
	2.	To beat; to cudgel.

Verb

1.

swaddle - wrap in swaddling clothes; "swadddle the infant" Synonyms: swathe

apparel, array, attire, band, bandage, bedeck, bedrape, belt, bend, bind, bind up, box, brace, bundle, bundle up, case, chain, cinch, clothe, crate, deck, dight, do up, drape, dress, dud, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase, enclothe, endue, enfold, enrobe, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, garb, garment, gird, girdle, girt, girth, habilitate, invest, lace, lap, lash, leash, muffle up, pack, package, rag out, raiment, robe, roll, rope, sheathe, shroud, smother, splice, strap, surround, swathe, sweet, tie, tie up, tire, truss, wire, wrap, wrap about, wrap up

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