swathe
noun
[ sweɪð ]
• a broad strip or area of something.
• "vast swathes of countryside"
• a row or line of grass, corn, or other crop as it falls or lies when mown or reaped.
• "if the day is windy, the swathes should be high and narrow"
Origin:
Old English swæth, swathu ‘track, trace’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwad(e ) and German Schwade . In Middle English the term denoted a measure of the width of grassland, probably reckoned by a sweep of the mower's scythe.
swathe
verb
• wrap in several layers of fabric.
• "his hands were swathed in bandages"
Similar:
wrap,
envelop,
bind,
swaddle,
bandage,
bundle up,
muffle up,
cover,
cloak,
shroud,
drape,
wind,
enfold,
bedeck,
overlay,
encase,
sheathe,
swathe
noun
• a piece or strip of material in which something is wrapped.
• "they wrapped the body inside a canvas swathe"
Origin:
late Old English swath- (noun), swathian (verb); compare with swaddle.
