Swath SWATH, n. swoth. 1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown
together by the sythe in mowing or cradling. 2. The whole breadth
or sweep of a sythe in mowing or cradling; as a wide swath. 3. A
band or fillet. They wrapped me in a hundred yards of swath.
swath
n 1: the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a
mowing machine
2: a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) [syn:
swath, belt]
swath orswathenounEtymology: Middle English, from Old English swæth footstep,
trace; akin to Middle High German swade swath Date: 14th
century 1.a. a row of cut grain or grass left by a scythe or mowing machine
b. the sweep of a scythe or a machine in mowing or the path cut
in one course
2. a long broad strip or belt 3. a stroke of or as if of
a scythe 4. a space devastated as if by a scythe
swath n. (also swathe) (pl. swaths or swathes) 1 a ridge of grass or corn etc. lying after being cut. 2 a space left clear after the passage of a mower etc. 3 a broad strip. Phrases
and idioms: cut a wide swath be effective in destruction. Etymology: OE swæth, swathu
swath
swɔ:θ n. (also swathe) (pl. swaths or swathes) 1 a ridge of grass or
corn etc. lying after being cut. 2 a space left clear after the passage of a
mower etc. 3 a broad strip. øcut a wide swath be effective in destruction. [OE
swóth, swathu]
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.
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.
3. A band or fillet; a swathe. --Shak.
Swath bank, a row of new-mown grass. [Prov. Eng.]
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