'Swathe' definitions:
Definition of 'swathe'
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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]
Synonyms of 'swathe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apparel,
- array,
- attire,
- band,
- bandage,
- bedeck,
- bedrape,
- belt,
- bend,
- bind,
- bind up,
- box,
- brace,
- bundle,
- bundle up,
- case,
- chain,
- cinch,
- clothe,
- cover,
- crate,
- deck,
- dight,
- do up,
- drape,
- dress,
- dud,
- embox,
- embrace,
- encapsulate,
- encase,
- enclothe,
- endue,
- enfold,
- enrobe,
- enshroud,
- enswathe,
- envelop,
- enwrap,
- garb,
- garment,
- gird,
- girdle,
- girt,
- girth,
- habilitate,
- invest,
- lace,
- lap,
- lash,
- leash,
- muffle up,
- pack,
- package,
- rag out,
- raiment,
- robe,
- roll,
- rope,
- sheathe,
- shroud,
- smother,
- splice,
- strap,
- surround,
- swaddle,
- tie,
- tie up,
- tire,
- truss,
- wire,
- wrap,
- wrap about,
- wrap up