Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Swathe

/(swāt͟h)/ · IPA /swɑð/

01 v. t. To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.

imp. & p. p. Swathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swathing

1.
To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.
“Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when they are first born.” — Abp. Abbot.

02 n. A bandage; a band; a swath.

1.
A bandage; a band; a swath.
“Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe.” — Addison.

“Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand.” — Young.

“The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long swathes of light between the far off rows of limes.” — G. Eliot.