SWATHE

swathe, wrapping

(noun) an enveloping bandage

swaddle, swathe

(verb) wrap in swaddling clothes; “swaddled the infant”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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