The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Swath \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.
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   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.
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   3. A band or fillet; a swathe. --Shak.
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   Swath bank, a row of new-mown grass. [Prov. Eng.]
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