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swaddle

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. swaddle (verb)
  2. swaddling band (noun)
  3. swaddling clothes (noun plural)

swad·dle

verb \ˈswä-dəl\
swad·dledswad·dling\ˈswäd-liŋ, ˈswä-dəl-iŋ\

Definition of SWADDLE

transitive verb
1
a : to wrap (an infant) with swaddling clothes b : envelop, swathe <legs swaddled in bandages>
2
: restrain, restrict <marriage … swaddled him in a domesticity he came to loathe — Nina Auerbach>
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Examples of SWADDLE

  1. He swaddled the baby in a blanket.

Origin of SWADDLE

Middle English swadelen, swathelen, probably alteration of swedelen, swethelen, from swethel swaddling band, from Old English; akin to Old English swathian to swathe
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with SWADDLE

coddle, model, noddle, toddle, twaddle, waddle

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