Swathe

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swathe \Swathe\ (sw[=a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swathed}
     (sw[=a][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Swathing}.] [OE. swathen, AS.
     swe[eth]ain. See {Swath}, n., and cf. {Swaddle}.]
     To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.
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           Their children are never swathed or bound about with
           any thing when they are first born.      --Abp. Abbot.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swathe \Swathe\, n.
     A bandage; a band; a swath.
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           Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe.
                                                    --Addison.
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           Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand. --Young.
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           The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long
           swathes of light between the far off rows of limes.
                                                    --G. Eliot.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  swathe
       n : an enveloping bandage [syn: {wrapping}]
       v : wrap in swaddling clothes; "swadddle the infant" [syn: {swaddle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "swathe":
     apparel, array, attire, band, bandage, bedeck, bedrape, belt, bend,
     bind, bind up, box, brace, bundle, bundle up, case, chain, cinch,
     clothe, cover, crate, deck, dight, do up, drape, dress, dud, embox,
     embrace, encapsulate, encase, enclothe, endue, enfold, enrobe,
     enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, garb, garment, gird, girdle,
     girt, girth, habilitate, invest, lace, lap, lash, leash, muffle up,
     pack, package, rag out, raiment, robe, roll, rope, sheathe, shroud,
     smother, splice, strap, surround, swaddle, tie, tie up, tire,
     truss, wire, wrap, wrap about, wrap up