noun
- plural of swarth; strips of grass or grain cut by a scythe or mowing machine
Usage: archaic or regional
Examples
- The farmer left neat swarths of hay across the field.
- Ancient swarths marked where the scythe had passed through the wheat.
- The old text described swarths of barley drying in the sun.
- Workers gathered the swarths into bundles for storage.
- Wide swarths showed the path of the mechanical mower.