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Swaddling

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swad⋅dle

  [swod-l] verb, -dled, -dling, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to bind (an infant, esp. a newborn infant) with long, narrow strips of cloth to prevent free movement; wrap tightly with clothes.
2. to wrap (anything) round with bandages.
–noun
3. a long, narrow strip of cloth used for swaddling or bandaging.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME, in suadiling (ger.); akin by gradation to ME swethel (n.), OE; see swathe, -le
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The Woombie Swaddler
Voted "Impossible not to love!" & "A Baby Necessity" by moms
www.TheWoombie.com
Lullabag by Cloud B
Safer alternative to conventional blankets. Promoting longer sleep.
www.cloudb.com
swad·dle   (swŏd'l)   
tr.v.   swad·dled, swad·dling, swad·dles

  1. To wrap or bind in bandages; swathe.

  2. To wrap (a baby) in swaddling clothes.

  3. To restrain or restrict.

n.  A band or cloth used for swaddling.

[Middle English swadlen, probably back-formation from swadling (band), swaddling (cloth), or swathelbonde, both from *swathelen, probably frequentative of Old English swathian, to swathe.]
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Word Origin & History

swaddle 
c.1300, probably a frequentative form of O.E. swaþian (see swathe). Phrase swaddling clothes is from Coverdale (1535) translation of Luke ii:7.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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