swathe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an enveloping bandage
    wrapping.
  2. verb wrap in swaddling clothes
    swaddle.
    • swaddled the infant

WordNet

Swathe transitive verb
Etymology
OE. swathen, AS. sweain. See Swath, n., and cf. Swaddle.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Swathed ; present participle & verbal noun Swathing
Definitions
  1. 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 noun
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913