(~s, swathing, ~d)
Note: The noun is also spelled 'swath'.
1.
A ~ of land is a long strip of land.
Year by year great ~s of this small nation’s countryside disappear.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
2.
A ~ of cloth is a long strip of cloth, especially one that is wrapped around someone or something.
...~s of white silk.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
3.
To ~ someone or something in cloth means to wrap them in it completely.
She ~d her enormous body in thin black fabrics...
His head was ~d in bandages made from a torn sheet.
VERB: V n in n, V-ed