snath

American  

[snath] / snæθ /

Also snathe

noun

1. the shaft or handle of a scythe.

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snath British  

/ sneɪð, snæθ /

noun

1. the handle of a scythe

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Etymology

Origin of snath

1565–75; unexplained variant of snead ( Middle English snede, Old English snǣd )

Example Sentences

Above the blade of a scythe were arranged a set of fingers projecting from a post in the scythe snath.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

Many a time he paused that morning in his labor, leaning on the snath of his scythe, in a manner of abstraction and seeming indolence altogether strange to him.

From The Bondboy by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)

At length, to his great joy, it was well ground from heel to point, and its master fastened it to the snath.

From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

It hangs on a leafless mossy oak snag showing the effect of time, and on the snath is written, "All flesh is grass."

From The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by Muir, John

O mower, lean on thy bended snath, Look from the meadows green and low: The wind of the sea is a waft of death, The waves are singing a song of woe!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 by Various