The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         They put me in bed in all my swaddles.   --Addison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces
            of linen.                             --Addison.
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   2. To beat; to cudgel. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

swaddle
    v 1: wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant" [syn:
         swaddle, swathe]