HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of Swather | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈswɑθɚ

Definitions

  1. A device on a mowing machine or combine harvester that raises uncut grain and marks the edge of the swath.
  2. A length of cloth used to swaddle an infant.

Equivalents

العربية سواثر
Suomi karhotin
Bahasa Indonesia sabitan

Examples

“Swathers should be for ever abolished. Why did they put them on? Because they fancied an infant could not hold itself together. They did not hold themselves together any better for being squeezed in that manner.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See all B1 English words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See Swather used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free