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/ˈlɪt.ɚ/ · noun
(uncountable) Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals..
Quen he had made me hale and fere
As pelows ben to chambres agreable So is harde strawe lytter for the stable.
To place daily under those Animals... a sufficient quantity of fresh New Straw, well spread, which is call'd making of Litter.
John Baldwin held the manor of Oterarsee in Aylesbury of the king in soccage, by the service of finding litter for the king's bed, viz. in summer grass or herbs, and in winter straw.
The afterwards dry the horsedung in the sun, beat it with a mallet through fine sieves, and make it into litter for the horses; for no straw can be obtained for litter in Constantinople.
... In a lytter made tho full royall...
Glou. There is a Litter ready, lay him in't, And driue toward Douer friend...
Let new planted Elms be kept moist by frequent refreſhings upon ſome half-rotten Fern, or Litter laid about the foot of the ſtem...
Use litter when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Litter means (uncountable) Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals..
Common synonyms include straw, grass, garbage, cultch.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Quen he had made me hale and fere
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