Swathe /(swāth)/

Swathe

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Swathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swathing

  1. 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

n.
  1. A bandage; a band; a swath.
    Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe.
    Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand.
    The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long swathes of light between the far off rows of limes.