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swath
I. \ˈswä]th also -wȯ] or ]th\ noun
or swathe \-wāth\
(plural swaths \]thz, ]ths\ ; or swathes)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English swæth, swathu footstep, track, trace; akin to Old Frisian swethe limit, boundary, Middle Dutch swat swath, Middle High German swade
1.
a.
(1) : the whole sweep of a scythe or a machine in mowing or cradling
(2) : the path or the breadth of a path cut in one course
b. : a windrow of cut grain or grass left by a scythe or mowing machine
c. : a crop or row of grass or grain ready for reaping or haying
2. : a long broad strip or belt
< the wide swath of a firebreak — Victor Canning >
< a swath of land three blocks long — Lewis Mumford >
3. : a stroke of or as if of a scythe
< integrating factors which have survived the swath of time — W.W.Taylor >
4. : a collection or a space emptied of a collection destroyed as if by a scythe
< chain stores cut great swaths in the jobbing business — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
II. \ˈswath\
dialect England
variant of sward |