Definition of Swathes

1. Noun. (plural of swathe) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of swathe) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Swathes

1. swathe [v] - See also: swathe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swathes

swashy
swastica
swasticas
swastika
swastikas
swat
swatch
swatchel
swatchels
swatches
swath
swathe
swathed
swather
swathers
swathes (current term)
swathier
swathiest
swathing
swathings
swaths
swathy
swats
swatted
swatter
swattered
swatters
swatting
swattings
swattle

Literary usage of Swathes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgical After-treatment by Le Roi Goddard Crandon, Albert Ehrenfried (1912)
"CHAPTER XXXV ABDOMINAL swathes: THEIR USE AND ABUSE IT has until recently been considered the proper thing to recommend that a fitted abdominal swathe be ..."

2. Surgical after-treatment: a manual of the conduct of surgical convalescence by Le Roi Goddard Crandon (1910)
"... CHAPTER XXXV ABDOMINAL swathes: THEIR USE AND ABUSE IT has until recently been considered the proper thing to recommend that a. fitted abdominal swathe ..."

3. Practical Bandaging, Including Adhesive and Plaster-of-paris Dressings by Eldridge Lyon Eliason (1914)
"swathes.—Are merely wide pieces of cloth that are used to go around a part, and are fastened with pins. ..."

4. The Horseless Age (1896)
"... and unless he swathes his legs in many garments, and wears boots of uncommon proportions, it is impossible to keep his feet warm or his knees dry. ..."

5. Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose by Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews (1910)
"... The deer has sought the brake; The small birds will not sing aloud, The springing trout lies still, 380 So darkly glooms yon thunder cloud, That swathes ..."

6. Surgical After-treatment by Le Roi Goddard Crandon, Albert Ehrenfried (1912)
"CHAPTER XXXV ABDOMINAL swathes: THEIR USE AND ABUSE IT has until recently been considered the proper thing to recommend that a fitted abdominal swathe be ..."

7. Surgical after-treatment: a manual of the conduct of surgical convalescence by Le Roi Goddard Crandon (1910)
"... CHAPTER XXXV ABDOMINAL swathes: THEIR USE AND ABUSE IT has until recently been considered the proper thing to recommend that a. fitted abdominal swathe ..."

8. Practical Bandaging, Including Adhesive and Plaster-of-paris Dressings by Eldridge Lyon Eliason (1914)
"swathes.—Are merely wide pieces of cloth that are used to go around a part, and are fastened with pins. ..."

9. The Horseless Age (1896)
"... and unless he swathes his legs in many garments, and wears boots of uncommon proportions, it is impossible to keep his feet warm or his knees dry. ..."

10. Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose by Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews (1910)
"... The deer has sought the brake; The small birds will not sing aloud, The springing trout lies still, 380 So darkly glooms yon thunder cloud, That swathes ..."

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