SWATH

or ~e noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English swæth footstep, trace; akin to Middle High German swade ~ Date: 14th century 1. a row of cut grain or grass left by a scythe or mowing machine, the sweep of a scythe or a machine in mowing or the path cut in one course, a long broad strip or belt, a stroke of or as if of a scythe, a space devastated as if by a scythe