verb
- wrapped or bound with cloth or bandages
Usage: past tense and past participle of ‘swathe’
Examples
- The injured soldier’s arm was swathed in white bandages.
- She swathed the baby in a soft blanket.
- The ancient mummy was swathed in linen strips.
- His head was swathed in gauze after the surgery.
- The statue was swathed in protective cloth during renovation.
- The nurse swathed the wound carefully to prevent infection.