1. wrapping or binding something completely in cloth or bandages
Usage: present participle of inswathe; literary

Examples

• The nurse was inswathing the patient’s injured arm in clean bandages.
• She spent the morning inswathing the newborn in soft blankets.
• The ancient ritual involved inswathing the sacred object in silk cloth.
• He was carefully inswathing the fragile vase in protective material.
• The mother was inswathing her baby before the cold journey.
• Workers were inswathing the statue in canvas to protect it from weather.