In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SWATHE
swathe, wrapping
(noun) an enveloping bandage
swaddle, swathe
(verb) wrap in swaddling clothes; “swaddled the infant”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
swathe (plural swathes)
A bandage; a band
Etymology 2
Verb
swathe (third-person singular simple present swathes, present participle swathing, simple past and past participle swathed)
To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers
Etymology 3
Noun
swathe (plural swathes)
(chiefly British) Alternative spelling of swath
Anagrams
• Wheats, saweth, wheats
Source: Wiktionary
Swathe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swathing.] Etym: [OE. swathen, AS. swe. See Swath, n., and cf. Swaddle.]
Definition: To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers. Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when they are first born. Abp. Abbot.
Swathe, n.
Definition: A bandage; a band; a swath. Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe. Addison. Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand. Young. The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long swathes of light between the far off rows of limes. G. Eliot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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