'Swath' definitions:
Definition of 'swath'
From: WordNet
noun
The space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine
noun
A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) [syn: swath, belt]
Definition of 'Swath'
From: GCIDE
- Swath \Swath\ (sw[add]th; 277), n. [AS. swa[eth]u a track, trace; akin to D. zwaad, zwad, zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a shred. Cf. Swathe, v. t.]
- 1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A band or fillet; a swathe. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Swath bank, a row of new-mown grass. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'swath'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- array,
- articulation,
- bank,
- belt,
- buzz,
- catena,
- catenation,
- chain,
- chain reaction,
- chaining,
- concatenation,
- connection,
- consecution,
- continuum,
- course,
- cycle,
- descent,
- drone,
- endless belt,
- endless round,
- file,
- filiation,
- gamut,
- gradation,
- hum,
- Indian file,
- line,
- lineage,
- monotone,
- nexus,
- path,
- pendulum,
- periodicity,
- plenum,
- powder train,
- progression,
- queue,
- range,
- rank,
- recurrence,
- reticulation,
- rotation,
- round,
- routine,
- row,
- run,
- scale,
- sequence,
- series,
- single file,
- spectrum,
- string,
- strip,
- succession,
- swathe,
- thread,
- tier,
- train,
- windrow