LekhoriLekhoriStraw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals.
Quen he had made me hale and fere
A bed, especially a pile of straw with blankets &c. used as a bed.
The traitours sought the Kyng... yn the withdrawyng chaumburs, yn the litters, undir the presses.
A mobile bed or couch transported upon or suspended from poles placed over human shoulders or animal backs.
... In a lytter made tho full royall...
To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
By tossing the bottle out the window, he was littering.
To scatter carelessly about.
comparative form of lit: more lit
From Middle English litere, lytere, &c., from Anglo-Norman litere, litiere, &c., from Old French litiere (“bedding; bed of loose straw; litter”), from Late Latin lectuāria (“bedding; blankets”), from ...
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To strew (a place) with scattered articles.
Their Clamour, 'lighting from their Chairs, / Grew lowder, all the way up Stairs; / At Entrance louder, where they found, / The Room with Volumes litter'd round; [...]