Definition of Swather

1. n. A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath.

Definition of Swather

1. Noun. A device on a mowing machine or combine harvester that raises uncut grain and marks the edge of the swathe ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Swather

1. one that swathes [n -S] - See also: swathes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swather

swashing
swashings
swashy
swastica
swasticas
swastika
swastikas
swat
swatch
swatchel
swatchels
swatches
swath
swathe
swathed
swather (current term)
swathers
swathes
swathier
swathiest
swathing
swathings
swaths
swathy
swats
swatted
swatter
swattered
swatters
swatting

Literary usage of Swather

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"The most common way of harvesting vetch at present is to use an ordinary mower with a swather attachment. The swather, which is attached to and behind the ..."

2. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"The most common way of harvesting vetch at present is to use an ordinary mower with a swather attachment. The swather, which is attached to and behind the ..."

3. The Life and Times of Alfred the Great: Drawn Up from the Most Authentic by John Allen Giles (1854)
"... handa swather ic wille. 28. And ic bidde on Godes naman, ... swa freo swa theore, swather ic wille: ac ic, ..."

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