Narrow strips of cloth wrapped around an infant (Merriam-Webster On-line). Jesus was wrapped in swad
[n] - a garment (a gown or narrow strips of cloth) for an infant 2. [n] - restrictions placed on the immature
swaddling bands noun a garment (a gown or narrow strips of cloth) for an infant
clothes consisting of long, narrow strips of cloth for swaddling an infant. · long garments for an infant. · the period of infancy or immaturity, as of a person, or incipience, as of a thing: Nuclear energy is still in its swaddling clothes. · rigid supervision or restriction of actions or movements, as of the immature:Also called ...