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Definition of Swathe
1. Verb. Wrap in swaddling clothes. "Swaddled the infant"
2. Noun. An enveloping bandage.
Definition of Swathe
1. v. t. To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.
2. n. A bandage; a band; a swath.
Definition of Swathe
1. Noun. A bandage; a band; ¹
2. Noun. (chiefly British usually in plural) A group of people. ¹
3. Noun. (alternative spelling of swath) ¹
4. Verb. To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swathe
1. to wrap in bandages [v SWATHED, SWATHING, SWATHES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swathe
Literary usage of Swathe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Collection of the Reports of Cases, the Statutes, and Ecclesiastical Laws by Francis King Eagle, Edward Younge (1826)
"«he thing ; that the swathe is not such a state of severance as enables the
clergyman to see that he has his tenth, and the article must therefore be put ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"After the grass has Iain in the swathe a day or two till it is partly dried, ...
Mower (side view). swathe of hay by regular strokes of the rake at each ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... muffled up, wrapped up—Mrs Baker ¡ swaddle, swathe, to wrap round. In the same
way E. wabble, to roll about, ..."
4. On the Agriculture of Suffolk by William Raynbird, Hugh Raynbird (1849)
"One of three rows of tines alternately hegins to gather the swathe as soon as
the previous row has finished its heap, the size of which may be regulated as ..."
5. The Treatment of fractures: With Notes Upon a Few Common Dislocations by Charles Locke Scudder (1905)
"The application of an adhesive-plaster swathe is attended with much comfort, ...
The swathe should be broad enough to cover the chest six inches on either ..."
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