Swathe vs. Swaddle — What's the Difference?

A swathe (: rhymes with "bathe") or swath (: rhymes with "cloth") is the width of a scythe stroke or a mowing-machine blade, the path of this width made in mowing or the mown grass or grain lying on such a path. The mower with a scythe moves along the mowing-edge with the uncut grass to the right and the cut grass laid in a neat row to the left, on the previously mown land.

To wrap, as in cloth

A broad strip or area of something

To wrap (a baby) in swaddling clothes.

A row or line of grass, corn, or other crop as it falls or lies when mown or reaped

To wrap or bind in bandages; swathe.

A piece or strip of material in which something is wrapped

A band or cloth used for swaddling.

Wrap in several layers of fabric

To bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.

To wrap, as in layers of cloth

(archaic) To beat; cudgel.

To wrap or bind in bandages.

Anything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band.

To enfold or envelop

Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band.

A wrapping, binding, or bandage.

To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; - used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby.

Variant of swath.

To beat; to cudgel.

A bandage; a band

Wrap in swaddling clothes;

(chiefly British) swath

To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers

To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.

A bandage; a band; a swath.

An enveloping bandage

Wrap in swaddling clothes;