Swath, n.

(swawth) (Synop., § 130), n. [A-S. swadhu, D. zwaad, zwad, zwade, Ger. schwad, schwade.]

1. A band or fillet. “They wrapped me in a hundred yards of swath.” Addison.
2. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.
3. The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by it, in mowing or cradling; as, a wide swath.