The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Swathe \Swathe\, n.
   A bandage; a band; a swath.
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         Wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe.
                                                  --Addison.
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         Milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand. --Young.
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         The solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long
         swathes of light between the far off rows of limes.
                                                  --G. Eliot.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Swathe \Swathe\ (sw[=a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swathed
   (sw[=a][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Swathing.] [OE. swathen, AS.
   swe[eth]ain. See Swath, n., and cf. Swaddle.]
   To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.
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         Their children are never swathed or bound about with
         any thing when they are first born.      --Abp. Abbot.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

swathe
    n 1: an enveloping bandage [syn: swathe, wrapping]
    v 1: wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant" [syn:
         swaddle, swathe]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

74 Moby Thesaurus words for "swathe":
   apparel, array, attire, band, bandage, bedeck, bedrape, belt, bend,
   bind, bind up, box, brace, bundle, bundle up, case, chain, cinch,
   clothe, cover, crate, deck, dight, do up, drape, dress, dud, embox,
   embrace, encapsulate, encase, enclothe, endue, enfold, enrobe,
   enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, garb, garment, gird, girdle,
   girt, girth, habilitate, invest, lace, lap, lash, leash, muffle up,
   pack, package, rag out, raiment, robe, roll, rope, sheathe, shroud,
   smother, splice, strap, surround, swaddle, tie, tie up, tire,
   truss, wire, wrap, wrap about, wrap up