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
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 1