† ˈpaltrement Obs. rare.
[?irreg. f. palter v. or paltry a. + -ment.]
Worthless stuff, rubbish.
| 1641 J. Trappe Theol. Theol. iii. 87 [The heart] a world of contemplative wickednesse, a very pesthouse of all sorts of paltrement. 1643 Trapp Comm. Gen. xlviii. 19 Images and other like popish paltrement, pressing in upon us again. |