Definition of "swathings" [swathings]

• Plural form of swathing. (noun)

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• "Kemp speaking swiftly, the grotesque swathings of Griffin still on his arm."
• "The Swine folk followed, squealing with excitement, and the two Bull-men in their swathings of white."
• "They were naked, save for swathings of scarlet cloth about the middle; and their skins were of a dull pinkish-drab colour, such as I had seen in no savages before."