[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

swathe \swathe\ sw=ath, v. t. imp.  p. p. swathed
   sw=athd; p. pr.  vb. n. swathing. oe. swathen, as.
   sweethain. see swath, n., and cf. swaddle.
   to bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.
   1913 webster

         their children are never swathed or bound about with
         any thing when they are first born.      --abp. abbot.
   1913 webster
see also:
swathed swathing swath swaddle 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

swathe \swathe\, n.
   a bandage; a band; a swath.
   1913 webster

         wrapped me in above an hundred yards of swathe.
                                                  --addison.
   1913 webster

         milk and a swathe, at first, his whole demand. --young.
   1913 webster

         the solemn glory of the afternoon, with its long
         swathes of light between the far off rows of limes.
                                                  --g. eliot.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

swathe
     n : an enveloping bandage syn: wrapping
     v : wrap in swaddling clothes; "swadddle the infant" syn: swaddle
see also:
wrapping swaddle 

[4] : 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

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