Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Swaddling \Swad"dling\,
   a. & n. from {Swaddle}, v.

   {Swaddling band}, {Swaddling cloth}, or {Swaddling clout}, a
      band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round a
      newborn infant.

            Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes,
            lying in a manger.                    --Luke ii. 12.