Swathe

v. t.	1.	To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers. [imp. & p. p. Swathed (swāthd); p. pr. & vb. n. Swathing.] Their children are never swathed or bound about with any thing when they are first born. - Abp. Abbot.
n.	1.	A bandage; a band; a swath. Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe. - Addison. Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand. - Young. The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long swathes of light between the far off rows of limes. - G. Eliot.

Noun	1.	swathe - an enveloping bandage Synonyms: wrapping
Verb	1.	swathe - wrap in swaddling clothes; "swadddle the infant" Synonyms: swaddle

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