Definition of Swathes. Meaning of Swathes. Synonyms of Swathes

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Definition of Swathes

Swathe
Swathe Swathe (sw[=a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swathed (sw[=a][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Swathing.] [OE. swathen, AS. swe[eth]ain. See Swath, n., and cf. Swaddle.] 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
Swathe Swathe, n. 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.

Meaning of Swathes from wikipedia

- A swather (North America), or windrower (Australia and rest of world), is a farm implement that cuts hay or small grain crops and forms them into a windrow...
- series of swathes with windrows and finishing in the middle. The scythe has generally been replaced by machinery, such as a mechanical swather or a combine...
- Mpowele Swathe is a South African politician, a former Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance, and the former Shadow Minister of Rural Development...
- insurgents belonging to the Islamic State group seized control of large swathes of land including several major cities, like Tikrit, Fallujah and Mosul...
- distinct line but this was thwarted by Gruffudd ap Llewellyn, who reclaimed swathes of land beyond the ****. The Act of Union of 1536 formed a linear border...
- already taking a dominant foothold in virtually all of Eurasia except for swathes of the Near East, North and East Asia, replacing many (but not all) of...
- The swathes of red and bright green in this tapestry lawn are clover....
- defeated the Byzantine army and destro**** the Persian Empire, conquering huge swathes of territory from the Iberian peninsula to India. The political focus of...
- seismology, forestry, atmospheric physics, laser guidance, airborne laser swathe mapping (ALSM), and laser altimetry. It is used to make digital 3-D representations...
- gained the upper hand, destroying the Mitanni Empire and annexing huge swathes of territory previously held by the Hittites and Babylon. Around the 14th...