strewments

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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,