herriment

English

Alternative forms

• herryment

Etymology

From 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.