'Swathe' definitions:

Definition of 'swathe'

From: WordNet
noun
An enveloping bandage [syn: swathe, wrapping]
verb
Wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant" [syn: swaddle, swathe]

Definition of 'Swathe'

From: GCIDE
  • Swathe \Swathe\ (sw[=a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swathed (sw[=a][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Swathing.] [OE. swathen, AS. swe[eth]ain. See Swath, n., and cf. Swaddle.] To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers. [1913 Webster]
  • Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when they are first born. --Abp. Abbot. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Swathe'

From: GCIDE
  • Swathe \Swathe\, n. A bandage; a band; a swath. [1913 Webster]
  • Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand. --Young. [1913 Webster]
  • The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long swathes of light between the far off rows of limes. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]

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