herriment
English
Alternative forms
- herryment
Etymology
herry + -ment
Noun
herriment (countable and uncountable, plural herriments)
- (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.
- 1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 3, page 426)