hustlement

noun

1. Miscellaneous household items; odds and ends.

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

   Theye haue allso abundaunce of bed coueryngs in their houses, and of all other wollen stuffe. They haue greate store of all hustlements and implements of houshold.

2. A mixed gathering of persons, or things.

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Where it comes from

From Middle English ostelment, borrowed from Old French ostillement, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *usitilium, from neuter plural *usitilia, from Latin utensilia (“utensils”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry hustlement (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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