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sternitio

sternitio [CL sternere+-tio, cf. CL stratio] 1 (act of) felling (tree). 1379 in soluc' facta ‥ pro sternacione unius fract' [i. e. fraxini] ‥ et factura in diversis necessariis Ac. Durh. 587; 1439 pro sturnacione etc. ejusdem [meremii] (Ac. Build. All Souls) OHS NS XLII 92. 2 (act of) strewing rushes, straw, or sim., on floor of building. 1485 pro ~ic' ecclesie ibidem ad iiij festa principalia cum viridi et stramine, ij s. MinAc 1041/5 m. 8.

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