ETYM French litičre, Late Lat. lectaria, from Latin lectus couch, bed. Related to Lie to be prostrated, and cf. Coverlet.
1. A chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers.
2. Rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places).
3. The offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal.

ETYM See Litter (n.).
1. To give birth to a litter of animals.
2. To make a place messy by strewing garbage around.
3. To strew.