swarths

/swɔrθs/
noun
  1. Rows or lines of grass, hay, or grain that have been cut and left lying in a field.
    • After mowing the meadow, neat swarths of grass stretched across the field.
    • The farmer walked along the swarths of hay, turning them to dry in the sun.
    • The children played hide-and-seek among the swarths of cut wheat.
  2. A broad strip or area of something, especially land or vegetation.
    • From the hilltop, we could see a green swarth of pasture between the woods.
    • A wide swarth of wildflowers bordered the hiking trail.
    • The forest fire left a blackened swarth of land behind it.
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