Definition of coddles:
(v) :
(transitive) To treat gently or with great care.
(v) :
(transitive) To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.
(v) :
(transitive) To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
(n) :
An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.
(n) :
(archaic) An effeminate person.