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. Hudibras.