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