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.

They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces of linen. --Addison.

2. To beat; to cudgel. [Obs.]

--Hudibras.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Swaddling \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)