swathe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: swathe	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for swathe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swathe n an enveloping bandage Synonym(s): swathe, wrapping v wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant" [syn: swaddle, swathe]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swathe \Swathe\ (sw[amac][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swathed} (sw[amac][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Swathing}.] [OE. swathen, AS. swe[edh]ain. See {Swath}, n., and cf. {Swaddle}.] To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers. Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when they are first born. --Abp. Abbot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swathe \Swathe\, n. A bandage; a band; a swath. Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe. --Addison. Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand. --Young. The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long swathes of light between the far off rows of limes. --G. Eliot.