![]() ![]() Mowing may be done by a team of mowers, usually starting at the edges of a meadow then proceeding clockwise and finishing in the middle. ![]() Each strip of ground mown by a scythe is called a swathe (pronounced / s w eɪ ð/ rhymes with "bathe") or swath ( / s w ɒ θ/ rhymes with "cloth"). The mower moves along the mowing-edge with the uncut grass to the right and the cut grass laid in a neat row to the left, on the previously mown land. Men working in a field near Fort Frances, between 19 Scythes almost always have the blade projecting from the left side of the snaith when in use, with the edge towards the mower left-handed scythes are made but cannot be used together with right-handed scythes as the left-handed mower would be mowing in the opposite direction and could not mow in a team. A curved, steel blade between 60 and 90 centimetres (24 and 35 in) long is mounted at the lower end at 90°, or less, to the snaith. The handles are usually adjustable to suit the user. The snaith has either one or two short handles at right angles to it, usually one near the upper end and always another roughly in the middle. Simple snaiths are straight with offset handles, others have an "S" curve or are steam bent in three dimensions to place the handles in an ergonomic configuration but close to the shaft. A modern scythe of a pattern common in parts of EuropeĪ scythe consists of a shaft about 170 centimetres (67 in) long called a snaith, snath, snathe or sned, traditionally made of wood but now sometimes metal. ![]()
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