strewments
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A Shakespearean coinage: strew + -ment + -s.
Noun
[edit]strewments pl (plural only)
- (obsolete) strewings; flowers strewn on a coffin
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- Her maiden strewments