Obs. [a. OF. bandele, -elle, dim. of bande BAND sb.2] A swaddling-band.
1598. Florio, Fasciola, a little bandle, a little swadling clout. Ibid. (1603), Montaigne, II. xii. (1632), 253. The bandles and swathes about our children. Ibid., 299. Foure [gods] to a childe, as protectors of his bandels, of his drinke, [etc.].
