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

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

simple past tense and past participle of swaddle

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swaddle

present participle of swaddle

The practice of wrapping infants in clothing that restricts movement. / Clothing of this kind.

plural of swaddling

A garment, made of strips of cloth, used to bind an infant and restrict movement of its limbs. / (idiomatic) An early period in development, infancy, the beginnings of something; inception.

Alternative form of swaddling clothes

(derogatory, dated, Ireland) A member of the Methodist Church in Ireland.