swatch

Meanings

1. A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
2. A selection of such samples bound together.
3. A clump or portion of something.
4. A demonstration, an example, a proof.
5. A tag or other small object attached to another item as a means of identifying its owner; a tally; specifically the counterfoil of a tally.

1. To create a swatch, especially a sample of knitted fabric.

1. A channel or passage of water between sandbanks, or between a sandbank and a seashore.

1. A brand of relatively inexpensive Swiss analog watches.

Etymology

From earlier Northern England dialectal swache (“the counterfoil or counterstock of a tally”) (1512); further etymology unknown. Cognate with Scots swach, swatch. Compare English swath, swathe. Compare also Old English swæcc (“taste; flavour; odour; fragrance”).