the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To lop; to prune.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
A variant of snead.
n. The curved helve or handle of a scythe, to which are attached short handles called nibs. See scythe.
Word Usage
"When the mower wanted a new snathe or snead, as he called it, for his scythe, he found in the woods a deformed sapling that had grown under a log or twisted around a rock in a double bend, which made it the exact shape desired."