swathe
/sweɪð/
noun
- A long strip or piece of cloth or bandage used for wrapping.
- He tore a swathe of linen to use as a bandage.
- The mummy was wrapped in layers of linen swathes.
- She cut a swathe of silk to decorate the gift box.
- A long, wide strip of land or area (alternative spelling of 'swath').
- The storm left a swathe of fallen trees across the park.
- A swathe of the desert was turned into farmland.
- The combine cut a swathe through the ripe corn.
verb
- To wrap or cover something completely, especially with cloth or bandages.
- She swathed the baby in a soft blanket before putting him to bed.
- The nurse swathed the wound in clean gauze.
- The statue was swathed in a white cloth for the unveiling ceremony.
- To surround or envelop something, often in a figurative sense.
- The city was swathed in darkness after the power outage.
- The mountain peak was swathed in mist.
- The singer was swathed in mystery, rarely giving interviews.