oystershell

English

Etymology

From oyster +‎ shell.

Noun

oystershell (plural oystershells)

1. The shell of an oyster.
   • 1858, Ecclesiological Society, The Ecclesiologist:

     The very poor will sometimes adorn the graves of those they love with oystershells, or flintstones, or small plaster busts, or tiles […]