Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A device with curved arms extending diagonally backward, fixed to the end of the cutter-bar of a reaper or mower to lift up uncut stalks, and throw those that are cut in such a way as to mark a line of separation between the uncut and the cut.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Agric.) A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A device on a
mowing machine orcombine harvester that raises uncutgrain and marks the edge of theswathe
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Examples
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A swather is a piece of equipment that cuts hay or small grain crops into windrows before baling.
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Skeeter looked like I'd run over his dog with a swather.
Arbitrary Dilettante Craig Lancaster 2011
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I drove heavy equipment - hay swather, tractors - starting at around 14 years old, before I had a driver's license.
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I drove heavy equipment - hay swather, tractors - starting at around 14 years old, before I had a driver's license.
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I drove heavy equipment - hay swather, tractors - starting at around 14 years old, before I had a driver's license.
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Hubby think it is due to the swather hay mowing machine.
Snake in the grasssssss.... Gumbo Lily 2009
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I won't let her go for anything less than my neighbor's '86 John Deere swather.
Oh Idaho! Don Lewis 2008
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This is a picture of the swather that cuts the hay down.
Making hay and a dog shirt... Gumbo Lily 2008
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Then we go over the hay with this little tractor (my favorite) and an implement called a rake. (this photo doesn't show the rake) It goes down between two windrows that the swather makes and turns the hay over into the center, making a larger windrow.
Making hay and a dog shirt... Gumbo Lily 2008
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I know that a lot of my readers would consider a trade like this to be completely offensive and a total betrayal of innocence, but if he's so dumb as to pony up a perfectly good swather, that's his problem.
Oh Idaho! Don Lewis 2008
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