Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of wrapping in a swaddle.
- noun Swaddling-clothes: also in plural.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
swaddle , v. - a band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round a newborn infant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
swaddle . - noun The practice of
wrapping infants inclothing thatrestricts movement . - noun Clothing of this kind.
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Examples
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And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
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And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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He comes from the infinite distance of the eternal heavens to finite nearness, wrapped in swaddling cloths and laid in a manger (Luke 2: 7).
Lieberman: I'll back health care bill without Medicare expansion 2009
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He comes from the infinite distance of the eternal heavens to finite nearness, wrapped in swaddling cloths and laid in a manger (Luke 2: 7).
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He comes from the infinite distance of the eternal heavens to finite nearness, wrapped in swaddling cloths and laid in a manger (Luke 2: 7).
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The biceps of Hercules was a puny affair when he rolled about in swaddling-clothes.
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He comes from the infinite distance of the eternal heavens to finite nearness, wrapped in swaddling cloths and laid in a manger (Luke 2: 7).
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He comes from the infinite distance of the eternal heavens to finite nearness, wrapped in swaddling cloths and laid in a manger (Luke 2: 7).
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He comes from the infinite distance of the eternal heavens to finite nearness, wrapped in swaddling cloths and laid in a manger (Luke 2: 7).
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He comes from the infinite distance of the eternal heavens to finite nearness, wrapped in swaddling cloths and laid in a manger (Luke 2: 7).
bilby commented on the word swaddling
See swaddle.
December 22, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word swaddling
Yea, see swaddle....
December 22, 2007