שׁוֹשְׁבִינוּת, (preced.) groomsmanship; wedding gifts. B. Bath. IX, 4 (144ᵇ) האחים שעשו מקצתן ש׳ … חזרה ש׳ וכ׳ (Mish. ed. שׁוֹשְׁבָנוּת) if a part of the brothers have served as somebody’s groomsmen in their father’s lifetime (the gifts having been furnished by the father), the gifts returned (on the occasion of a wedding in their family) go into the common fund of the estate; שהש׳ נגבית בב"ד for the reciprocation of wedding gifts can be legally enforced. Ib. 144ᵇ שלח לו אביו ש׳ if the father sent the gifts for him (his son, specifying him as the donor); שלח אביו ש׳ סתם if the father sent the gifts without specifying the donor. Ib. נשתלחה לאביו ש׳ if the gifts (in the son’s behalf) were sent in the father’s name; a. e.