swaddle v : wrap in swaddling clothes; "swadddle the infant" [syn: swathe]

English

Pronunciation

• /swɔdl/

  Rhymes: -ɒdəl

Verb

1. To bind (a baby) wih long narrow strips of cloth.

Translations

• Faroese: reiva
• German: wickeln

Related terms

• swaddling

• Psychohistory
• Swadding Video.Help your baby to sleep.

External links

• Swaddling Your Baby, University of Florida/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences
• 18th Century Baby Swaddling Photo Series, Sharon Ann Burnston
• Swaddling in an historical context of child abuse
• Swaddling band in The V&A Museum of Childhood
• Terracotta of swaddled infant in Royal Museum of Art and History, Brussels

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