[swod-l] 
verb, -dled, -dling, noun | 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. |
| 3. | a long, narrow strip of cloth used for swaddling or bandaging. |
| swad·dle (swŏd'l) tr.v. swad·dled, swad·dling, swad·dles
[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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