overstrew

verb

overstrew

verb

Etymology From over- + strew.

1

To strew or scatter over.

  • Hot ordnance split and shiver and rebound, And firelocks fouled and flintless overstrew the ground.1908, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts, Part III, Act III, Scene III, page 108:

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