'Swaddling' definitions:
Definition of 'Swaddling'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [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]
Definition of 'Swaddling'
From: GCIDE
- Swaddling \Swad"dling\, a. & n. from Swaddle, v. [1913 Webster]
- Swaddling band, Swaddling cloth, or Swaddling clout, a band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round a newborn infant. [1913 Webster]
- Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. --Luke ii. 12. [1913 Webster]