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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWADDLING

ppr. Swathing; binding in tight clothes.

SWADDLING-BAND, SWADDLING-CLOTH

n.A band or cloth wrapper round an infant. Luke 2:7.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWADDLING

SWADDLING Swad "dling, a. & n.

Defn: 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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

swaddling clothes

swad dling clothes |ˈswädliNG ˈswɑdlɪŋ ˌkloʊðz | ▶plural noun narrow bands of cloth formerly wrapped around a newborn child to restrain its movements and quiet it.

Oxford Dictionary

swaddling clothes

swad |dling clothes ▶plural noun narrow bands of cloth formerly wrapped round a newborn child to restrain its movements and quieten it.