snath

American  

[snath] / snæθ /

Also snathe

noun

1. the shaft or handle of a scythe.

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snath British  

/ sneɪð, snæθ /

noun

1. the handle of a scythe

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Etymology

Origin of snath

1565–75; unexplained variant of snead ( Middle English snede, Old English snǣd )

Example Sentences

It hangs on a leafless mossy oak snag showing the effect of time, and on the snath is written, "All flesh is grass."

From The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by Muir, John

"Now, you must be a good boy, and help the women," said he, driving the wedge which married the scythe to the snath.

From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

Many a time he paused that morning in his labor, leaning on the snath of his scythe, in a manner of abstraction and seeming indolence altogether strange to him.

From The Bondboy by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)

I noticed that they used a different snath for their scythes here from that common in England. 

From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Burritt, Elihu

In a very few minutes his father came back with the scythe ready for work; and Barney, fastening it to the snath, again set off up the lane.

From The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies by Connor, Ralph