Possible Clues:

• Swaddle - cut strip
• Wrap in layers of, say, bandages
• When hit, man needs bandage
• What's hacked through extreme reaches of scythe?
• Seen when wheat's cut?
• Use the fly-killer, man, and wrap up!
• Whack fellow for taking bandage
• Wrap in layers of warm garments or bandages
• Row or path cut through
• Wrap; broad strip