Swaddle \Swad"dle\, 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.
They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces
of linen. --Addison.
2. To beat; to cudgel. [Obs.] --Hudibras.