swaddle (redirected from swaddles)

swad·dle  (swdl)

tr.v. swad·dled, swad·dling, swad·dles

1. To wrap or bind in bandages; swathe.

2. To wrap (a baby) in swaddling clothes.

3. To restrain or restrict.

n.

A band or cloth used for swaddling.

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[Middle English swadlen, probably back-formation from swadling (band), swaddling (cloth), or swathelbonde, both from *swathelen, probably frequentative of Old English swathian, to swathe.]

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swaddle [ˈswɒd^əl]

vb (tr)

1. (Medicine) to wind a bandage round

2. (Clothing & Fashion) to wrap (a baby) in swaddling clothes

3. to restrain as if by wrapping with bandages; smother

n

(Clothing & Fashion) Chiefly US swaddling clothes

[from Old English swæthel swaddling clothes; related to swathian to swathe]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

swaddle - wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant" swathe bind - make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"

Translations

swaddle [ˈswɒdl] VT → envolver (in en)

swaddle

vt baby → wickeln (→ in in +acc); swaddling clothes (esp Bibl) → Windeln pl

swaddle [ˈswɒdl] vt (in bandages) → fasciare, bendare; (in blanket) → avvolgere; (baby) → fasciare