v. [UNDER-1 4 a.] trans. To strew or spread beneath; fig. to cast under foot.
1382. Wyclif, Luke xix. 36. Thei vndir strewiden [L. substernebant] her clothis in the weye.
1471. Ripley, Comp. Alch., Ep. i., in Ashm. (1652), 109. So that old ranckors understrewed, Tempestuous troubles and wretchednes shall cease.
1589. Fleming, Virg. Georg., III. 46. T’ vnderstrew or spread the bare ground with … Handfuls of ferne.
