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.]

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 Swad·dling a. & n. from Swaddle, v.
 Swaddling band, Swaddling cloth, or Swaddling clout, a band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round a newborn infant.
    Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.   --Luke ii. 12.

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