Meanings
nounherriment (countable and uncountable, plural herriments)
plural herriments · alternative herryment
- Scotlandcountableobsoleteuncountableharassment; depredation
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
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