swaddle

From Middle English swathlen (“to bind; swaddle”), from Middle English swathel, swethel, from Old English swaþul, swæþel, sweþel, sweoþol (“swaddling cloth”), equivalent to swathe (“to wrap with fabric”) +‎ -le (agent/instrumental suffix), the word then underwent th-stopping (its voiced th became a d). Cognate with Middle Dutch swadel (“swaddling; bandage”), Old High German swedili (“poultice”), Old English sweþian, besweþian (“to wrap; swaddle”).

• IPA^(key): /swɔdl/
• Rhymes: -ɒdəl

swaddle (third-person singular simple present swaddles, present participle swaddling, simple past and past participle swaddled)

1. To bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.
2. (archaic) To beat; cudgel.

• swaddling

swaddle (plural swaddles)

1. Anything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band.
   • Addison

     They put me in bed in all my swaddles.

• Dewalds, Waddles, dawdles, waddles