Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CLUT'TER, n. [W. cluder, a heap or pile, from cludaw, to bear, to bring together, to heap. It has the elements of L. claudo.]

1. A heap or assemblage of things lying in confusion; a word of domestic application. He saw what a clutter there was with huge pots, pans and spits. – L'Estrange.
2. Noise; bustle. [This sense seems allied to clatter, but it is not the sense of the word in New England.]