See Also: swaddling(1)(dictionary)
swaddling(2)(dictionary)
swaddling clothes(dictionary)

swaddling(2) (iou)



swaddling noun. ME.
[from SWADDLE verb + -ING1.]
The action of SWADDLE verb. ME.
In pl. & (rare) sing. = swaddling-clothes below; sing. a bandage. E17.
[from SWADDLER.] Methodism; conduct supposedly characteristic of Methodists. slang. derog. M-L18.
Comb.: swaddling-band(s) (arch.), swaddling-clothes narrow lengths of bandage formerly wrapped round a newborn child to restrict movement; fig. early influences restraining freedom of action or thought.