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swathe

1  [swoth, sweyth] verb, swathed, swath⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
2. to bandage.
3. to enfold or envelop, as wrappings do.
4. to wrap (cloth, rope, etc.) around something.
–noun
5. a band of linen or the like in which something is wrapped; wrapping; bandage.
Origin:
bef. 1050; (n.) ME; OE *swæth or *swath (in swathum dat. pl.); cf. swaddle; (v.) ME swathen, late OE swathian, deriv. of the n.; c. ON svatha
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2  [swoth, sweyth]
–noun
swath.

swath

  [swoth, swawth]
–noun
1. the space covered by the stroke of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine.
2. the piece or strip so cut.
3. a line or ridge of grass, grain, or the like, cut and thrown together by a scythe or mowing machine.
4. a strip, belt, or long and relatively narrow extent of anything.
—Idiom
5. cut a swath, to make a pretentious display; attract notice: The new doctor cut a swath in the small community.
Also, swathe.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE swæth footprint; c. G Shwade
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swath   (swŏth, swôth)   
n.  

    1. The width of a scythe stroke or a mowing-machine blade.

    2. A path of this width made in mowing.

    3. The mown grass or grain lying on such a path.

  2. Something likened to a swath; a strip.


[Middle English swathe, from Old English swæth, track.]
swathe 1   (swŏth, swôth, swāth)   
tr.v.   swathed, swath·ing, swathes

  1. To wrap or bind with or as if with bandages.

  2. To enfold or constrict.

n.  A wrapping, binding, or bandage.

[Middle English swathen, from Old English swathian.]
swath'er n.
swathe 2   (swŏth, swôth, swāth)   
n.  Variant of swath.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

swath 
O.E. swæð, swaðu "track, trace, band," from P.Gmc. *swathan, *swatho (cf. O.Fris. swethe "boundary made by a scythe," M.Du. swade, Ger. Schwad "a row of cut grass"); ulterior connections uncertain. Meaning "space covered by the single cut of a scythe" emerged c.1475, and that of "strip, lengthwise extent" is from c.1605.

swathe 
O.E. swaþian "to swathe," from swaðu "track, trace, band" (see swath). The noun meaning "infant's swaddling bands" was found in O.E. as swaþum (dative plural).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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