strewments

English

Etymology

A Shakespearean coinage: strew +‎ -ment +‎ -s.

Noun

strewments pl (plural only)

(obsolete) strewings; flowers strewn on a coffin
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 1
  Her maiden strewments

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