tossment

English

Etymology

toss +‎ -ment

Noun

tossment (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Tossing; moving restlessly.
   • quoted in 1866, Henry Dircks, Worcesteriana: a Collection of Literary Authorities (page 18)

     After so long a voyage as three score and 16 years tossment upon the waves of this troublesome world.

   • 1875, E. F. B., Sandycourt: a Tale, page 69:

     Ortúzar lays his hand upon “The Poppet's” curly head, which is more than usually curly after a night's tossment, and asks, “What shall you say to el padre this morning?”