swathe

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  1. transitive verb To wrap or bind with or as if with bandages.
  2. transitive verb To enfold or constrict.
  3. noun A wrapping, binding, or bandage.
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  • Kamahl and the centaur had cut a bloody swathe, and no one seemed brave enough to close with the pair. —  VANCE MOORE
  • IPCC AR4 WG1 Chapter 10 doesn't seem to give projections that are directly comparable to the MSU-LT swathe, but they would appear to be close to the surface projections. —  RealClimate
  • A beam of light cutting a swathe through the fog of adult responsibility and blinking out the following message - —  Latest from PALGN
  • There are woods to explore around Le Chateau Du Lac, but for a more sedate introduction, the swimming pool that hangs over the lip of the castle, unveiling the entire swathe of scenery is a good place to start. —  The Guardian World News
  • The anti-war movement spread beyond its predominantly East Coast Jewish origins to a very large swathe of the university and the city of Madison. —  Chicago Indymedia
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swath ·  swatch ·  outfitter

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swathe:   swathed
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English swathen, from Old English swathian.

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  1. Also swath; from Middle English swathe, from Anglo-Saxon swathu, a bandage, band, fillet; perhaps the same as swathu, a swath (orig. a row? or a shred?): see swathe. Cf. swathe, v.
  2. from Middle English swathen, an altered form, reverting to the form of the noun, of swethen, from Anglo-Saxon *swethian, in comp. be-swethian, swathe, in-wrap (= Icelandic svatha, swathe), from swathu, a bandage: see swathe, n. Hence freq. swaddle.
 

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