swath : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: swath	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for swath
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swath n the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) Synonym(s): swath, belt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swath \Swath\ (sw[add]th; 277), n. [AS. swa[edh]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.]