Dictionary entry

Swathe (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.