vt a band or fillet; a swathe.
2. swath ·vt a line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.
3. swath ·vt the whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath.