strewment

noun

strewment

noun

Etymology From strew + -ment.

1

Obsolete Anything scattered; a scattering

  • a strewment of flowers/rushes
  • Her maiden strewments, and the bringing homec. 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]:

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