Definitions for: Swathe


[n] an enveloping bandage
[v] wrap in swaddling clothes; of infants



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Their children are never swathed or bound about with
any thing when they are first born. --Abp. Abbot.


Swathe, n.
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.

Synonyms: swaddle, wrapping

See Also: bandage, bind

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