A swather is a piece of equipment that cuts hay or small grain crops into windrows before baling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories] Reference

This is a picture of the swather that cuts the hay down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making hay and a dog shirt...] Reference

I won't let her go for anything less than my neighbor's '86 John Deere swather.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oh Idaho!] Reference

I drove heavy equipment - hay swather, tractors - starting at around 14 years old, before I had a driver's license.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sometimes, Child Labor Falls Into Gray Areas] Reference

Then we go over the hay with this little tractor (my favorite) and an implement called a rake. (this photo doesn't show the rake) It goes down between two windrows that the swather makes and turns the hay over into the center, making a larger windrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making hay and a dog shirt...] Reference

VERSATILE 4700 swather, 1800hrs., 25 'double swath, Cummins engine.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

There was no sound, no smell, no windows to peer into, said Fuhr, whose joints ached as he walked backwards to the swather, keeping his eye on the saucer.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE UFO CHRONICLES] Reference

Chad, 701-793-7382 or visit HONEY BEE TM42Honey tractor mount 42 'swather, exc. for flax & canola & clipping CRP, will cut 20 acres/hr, EZ-Cut sickle, all hyd. driven from PTO pump on swather w/electric over hyd controls in cab, mounts are for 2294 Case; swath roller.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

21 'JD 800 SELF PROPELLED swather;' 75 Chevy 3/4 ton pick-up, 454 motor out.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

18 'VERSATILE 400 swather; 2320 JD swather, 18'; F2 Gleaner combine w/Melroe pickup; 2-8 'JD 9350 Drills; 22' IH chisel plow; all very good clean cond.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

His brother-in-law didn’t trust him with his expensive combine, so Clint ran the swather that cut the wheat into neat rows, and drove truckloads of grain to the grain elevator.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kennedy Detail] Reference

This was after having already gone though the swather at home and mistakenly thinking that it was all ready to go. ".    From Wordnik.com. Reference