\Swath\ (sw[add]th; 277), n. [AS. swa[eth]u a track,
trace; akin to D. zwaad, zwad, zwade, a swath of grass, G.
schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a shred. Cf. {Swathe},
v. t.]
1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the
   scythe in mowing or cradling.
2. 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.
3. A band or fillet; a swathe. --Shak.
{Swath bank}, a row of new-mown grass. [Prov. Eng.]