bestrewn

adjective

be·​strewn bi-ˈstrün 

bē-

: having a scattered covering of something

a path bestrewn with flowers/pebbles

a table bestrewn with papers

In my day the little hill on which the Washington Monument stands was still bestrewn with large chips of marble left by the builders.

—H. L. Mencken

I expected it to be a dive, dark and dank and bestrewn.

—Ian Frazier

(figurative) … is bestrewn with critical jargon and pomposities …

—Peter Kemp

Word History

First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined above