swaddle
Anything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or bandAnything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band.
» A baby lay swaddled in the room.
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1 sensesAnything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band.
Examples
7 sentencesA baby lay swaddled in the room.
Ziri found a swaddled baby in the woods.
Rima swaddled her baby and put it to bed.
She does not know how to swaddle her son.
Women used to swaddle their babies in the old days.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English swathlen (“to bind; swaddle”), from Middle English swathel, swethel, fFrom Middle English swathlen (“to bind; swaddle”), from Middle English swathel, swethel, from Old English swaþul, swæþel, sweþel, sweoþol (“swaddling cloth”), equivalent to swathe (“to wrap with fabric”) + -le (agent/instrumental suffix), the word then underwent th-stopping (its voiced th became a d). Cognate with Middle Dutch swadel (“swaddling; bandage”), Old High German swedili (“poultice”), Old English sweþian, besweþian (“to wrap; swaddle”).
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