Litter

lit′ėr, n. a heap of straw, ., for animals to lie upon: materials for a bed: any scattered collection of objects, esp. of little value: a vehicle containing a bed for carrying about, a hospital stretcher: a brood of small quadrupeds.— v.t. to cover or supply with litter: to scatter carele ly about: to give birth to (said of small animals).— v.i. to produce a litter or brood.— p.adj. Litt′ered . [O. Fr. litiere —Low L. lectaria —L. lectus , a bed.]