| 释义 |
ossements, n. pl. rare.|ˈɒsmənts|
[a. F. ossements bones, ad. med.L. ossamenta (13th c. Du Cange), f. os, oss- bone: see -ment.]
The bones of the dead; bones from which the flesh has been stripped.
1841I. Taylor Anc. Chr. (1842) II. vii. 263 It [blood] had been poured upon these ossements, which were afterwards covered with earth. |