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]