English Dictionary

swather

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈswɑθɚ/

名詞

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

日本語の意味

刈払機やコンバインに搭載され、生刈りの穀物を持ち上げ、その広がりの縁を目印するための装置 / 乳児をおくるために用いられる布の一端（おくる布、布で包むための布）

Before dawn the crew inspected the swather to make sure it would lift the uncut grain and clearly mark the edge of each swath.

夜明け前、作業員たちは刈取り機に取り付けられた集草器を点検し、未刈りの穀物が持ち上がり、各列の端がはっきり示されることを確認した。

意味（1）

A device on a mowing machine or combine harvester that raises uncut grain and marks the edge of the swath.

意味（2）

A length of cloth used to swaddle an infant.

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.

swathers （ plural ）