swathe

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[ swoth, sweyth ]
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verb (used with object),swathed, swath·ing.
  1. to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.

  2. to bandage.

  1. to enfold or envelop, as wrappings do.

  2. to wrap (cloth, rope, etc.) around something.

noun
  1. a band of linen or the like in which something is wrapped; wrapping; bandage.

Origin of swathe

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before 1050; (noun) Middle English; Old English *swæth or *swath (in swathum dative plural); cf. swaddle; (v.) Middle English swathen,late Old English swathian, derivative of the noun; cognate with Old Norse svatha

Other definitions for swathe (2 of 2)

swathe2
[ swoth, sweyth ]

noun

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How to use swathe in a sentence

  • The tall but not very clerical figure was wrapped in a shawl and swathed round the throat with many turns of a woolen tippet.

  • I dont believe he is a man at all, but just a globular mass of conceit and unpublished matter, swathed in a college gown.

    The Romance of His Life | Mary Cholmondeley
  • They are veiled and swathed in wraps, and seem to spend their time gossiping or asleep in the innermost recesses of the cabin.

British Dictionary definitions for swathe

swathe

/ (sweɪð) /


verb(tr)
  1. to bandage (a wound, limb, etc), esp completely

  2. to wrap a band, garment, etc, around, esp so as to cover completely; swaddle

  1. to envelop

noun
  1. a bandage or wrapping

  2. a variant spelling of swath

Origin of swathe

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Old English swathian; related to swæthel swaddling clothes, Old High German swedil, Dutch zwadel; see swaddle

Derived forms of swathe

  • swathable or swatheable, adjective

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