herriment

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

herry +‎ -ment

Noun

herriment (countable and uncountable, plural herriments)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) harassment; depredation
    • 1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, page 426:
      It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself.
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