swaddling

Variant of swaddle

transitive verb swaddled, swaddling
  1. to wrap (a newborn baby) in swaddling clothes, a blanket, etc.
  2. to bind in or as in bandages; swathe

Origin: Middle English swathlen, probably altered (infl. by swathen, to swathe) from swethlen from Old English swethel, swaddling band, akin to swathian, to swathe

noun
a cloth, bandage, etc. used for swaddling

Origin: ME swathil < OE swethel: see swaddlethe

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