[swoth, sweyth] 
verb, swathed, swath⋅ing, noun | 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. |
| 5. | a band of linen or the like in which something is wrapped; wrapping; bandage. |
[swoth, swawth] | 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. |
| 5. | cut a swath, to make a pretentious display; attract notice: The new doctor cut a swath in the small community. |
| swath (swŏth, swôth) n.
[Middle English swathe, from Old English swæth, track.] |
| swathe 1 (swŏth, swôth, swāth) tr.v. swathed, swath·ing, swathes
[Middle English swathen, from Old English swathian.] swath'er n. |
| swathe 2 (swŏth, swôth, swāth) n. Variant of swath. |
