swaddle

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Swaddled p. pr. & vb. n. Swaddling ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces of linen. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To beat; to cudgel. [ Obs. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. swe&unr_;il, swe&unr_;el, fr. swe&unr_;ain to bind. See Swathe. ] Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. [ 1913 Webster ]

They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The shoveler. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]