[swath] or swathe n [ME, fr. OE swaeth footstep, trace; akin to MHG swade swath] (14c) 1 a: a row of cut grain or grass left by a scythe or mowing machine b: the sweep of a scythe or a machine in mowing or the path cut in one course
2: a long broad strip or belt
3: a stroke of or as if of a scythe
4: a space devastated as if by a scythe