n. 襁褓

vt. 用襁褓包, 束缚

[ verb ]
wrap in swaddling clothes
<verb.contact> swathe
swaddled the infant

Swaddle \Swad"dle\, n. [AS. swe?il, swe?el, fr. swe?ain to bind.
See {Swathe}.]
Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a
swaddling band.

They put me in bed in all my swaddles. --Addison.


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.