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SWATH
swath, belt
(noun) a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
swath
(noun) the space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
SWATH (uncountable)
(nautical) Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull, a ship design philosophy for reducing pitching and rolling, and increase stability, in all sea states
Anagrams
• HAWTs, hawts, thaws, washt, waths, what's, whats
Etymology
Noun
swath (plural swaths)
The track cut out by a scythe in mowing.
(often, figuratively) A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people.
Anagrams
• HAWTs, hawts, thaws, washt, waths, what's, whats
Source: Wiktionary
Swath, n. Etym: [AS. swa a track, trace; akin to D. zwaad, zwad, zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a shred. Cf. Swathe, v. t.]
1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.
2. 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. A band or fillet; a swathe. Shak. Swath bank, a row of new-mown grass. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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