SWATH

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.

2.
n.

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.
n.

A band or fillet; a swathe. Shak. Swath bank, a row of new-mown grass. [Prov. Eng.]


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