If you swaddle a baby, you wrap cloth around it in order to keep it warm or to prevent it from moving. Swaddle your newborn baby so that she feels secure. a baby swaddled in silk brocade. to wrap a baby tightly to keep it warm and protect it (Probably from sweddle (13-17 centuries), from swethel )
To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; used esp