swather

A device with curved arms extending diagonally backward, fixed to the end of the cutter-bar of a reaper or mower to lift up uncut stalks, and throw those that are cut in such a way as to mark a line of separation between the uncut and the cut.

A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath.

A device on a mowing machine or combine harvester that raises uncut grain and marks the edge of the swathe