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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
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, ..."