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Swathe

Swathe Meaning & Definition
Swathe Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Swathe?

[n] an enveloping bandage
[v] wrap in swaddling clothes; of infants

Synonyms | Synonyms for Swathe: swaddle | wrapping

Related Terms | Find terms related to Swathe:

See Also | bandage | bind

Swathe In Webster's Dictionary

\Swathe\ (sw[=a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swathed} (sw[=a][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Swathing}.] [OE. swathen, AS. swe[eth]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.
\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.

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