swathedadj.
/sweɪðd/poetic./ˈsweɪðɪd/ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for specific people > wrapped in swaddling clothes
sweddling?a1500
swaddled1577
swathed1608
1608 T. Heywood Rape Lucrece in Wks. (1874) V. 167 He..first deposd My father in my swathed infancy.
1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 15 An Eagle..A swathed Infant holding in her foote.
2. Enveloped in a wrapping or bandage or in clothes draped round the figure; in recent dressmaking, arranged in or characterized by folds resembling those of a bandage.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective]
boundc1175
clothedc1220
bitighta1250
i-boenc1275
yclothed1297
ydight1297
clada1300
bitoughtc1314
ycladc1330
attireda1375
yhabited1377
gleda1450
buskedc1450
vested (also vest) and seized1464
besee?a1513
yschrowd1513
vestured1523
arrayed1525
braldc1571
garbed1599
habilimented1607
riggeda1640
dressed1641
put-ona1784
habited1807
swathed1815
draped1833
turned-out1833
caparisoned1841
enclad1863
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > as with a garment
clad?a1400
indutec1450
beveiled1582
attired1600
shoed1601
clothed1699
swathed1815
scarfed1920
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > wrapped > swathed
yswathidc1325
swathed1815
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > ornamented or trimmed > pleated or folded
rodded1562
wimpled1599
fulled1816
draped1833
folded1833
box-pleated1863
kilted1896
swathed1896
sunray-pleated1897
knife-pleated1905
permanently pleated1938
1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. iii. 66 The swathed appearance of most insects in this state [sc. the pupa state].
1821 J. Baillie Malcolm's Heir in Metrical Legends iii The Swathed Knight walks his rounds.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xiii. 292 With a laugh and look at his swathed [gouty] limb.
1896 Daily News 1 Dec. 5/6 The swathed bodice was ornamented with straps of embroidery.
1899 M. Benson & J. Gourlay Temple of Mut i. 11 An Arab girl with solemn eyes and swathed form.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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adj.1608