transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈswä-d ə l ]
transitive verb
( swad·dled ; swad·dling ˈswäd-liŋ, ˈswä-d ə l-iŋ)
Etymology: Middle English swadelen, swathelen, probably alteration of swedelen, swethelen, from swethel swaddling band, from Old English; akin to Old English swathian to swathe
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : to wrap (an infant) with swaddling clothes
b. : envelop , swathe
legs swaddled in bandages
2. : restrain , restrict
marriage… swaddled him in a domesticity he came to loathe — Nina Auerbach