[sweɪð], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a broad strip or area of something
(e.g: vast swathes of countryside)

- a row or line of grass, corn, or other crop as it falls or lies when mown or reaped
(e.g: if the day is windy, the swathes should be high and narrow)


Phrases:
- cut a swathe through
- cut a wide swathe

Origin:
Old English swæth, swathu ‘track, trace’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwad(e) and German Schwade. In Middle English the term denoted a measure of the width of grassland, probably reckoned by a sweep of the mower's scythe

[sweɪð], (Verb)

Definitions:
- wrap in several layers of fabric
(e.g: his hands were swathed in bandages)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Old English swath- (noun), swathian (verb); compare with swaddle

[sweɪð], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a piece or strip of material in which something is wrapped
(e.g: they wrapped the body inside a canvas swathe)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Old English swath- (noun), swathian (verb); compare with swaddle