Definition of swashes:
(n) :
(technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
(n) :
A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
(n) :
A wet splashing sound.
(n) :
A smooth stroke; a swish.
(n) :
A swishing noise.
(n) :
(typography) A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.