Category:Swathe

Swathe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swathing.] Etym: [oe. swathen, as. swe. See swath, n., and cf. Swaddle.]

Defn: 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.

Swathe Swathe, n.

Defn: 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.