swaddledadj.
/ˈswɒd(ə)ld/ Wrapped in swaddling-clothes.
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sweddling?a1500
swaddled1577
swathed1608
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. v. sig. K.iij/1 The mothers dugge doth serue the childe, and still attendeth vppon the swathled babe.
1587 A. Day Longus's Daphnis & Chloe sig. A3 The sheepe that whilome sucked the swatheled impe.
1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 352 They look like a swadled Child, with its Arms at liberty.
1821 W. Combe Third Tour Dr. Syntax xxxviii. 269 So careful did the Dame appear, To guard from cold her swaddled dear.
1873 R. Broughton Nancy III. 59 The year is no longer a swaddled baby, it is shooting up into a tall stripling.
1911 W. M. F. Petrie Revol. of Civilisation iii. 73 The brass of Anne Astley..with the swaddled twins in her arms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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