lay in lavender

verb2

1. •
   To store (clothing, etc.) with sprigs of lavender, i.e. to keep fresh.
2. •
   (no longer used) To pawn.

   • 17th century, Aphra Behn, The Luckey Chance I have business, very earnest business abroad this Evening; now were you a Rascal of Docity, you wou’d invent a way to get home my last Suit that was laid in Lavender—with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging, as Perriwig, Cravat, and so forth.