herring

The Century Dictionary: The Encyelopedic Lexicon of the English Language · 1887 · p. 151

(her’ing), v.¢. [ nure with herring or other fish. [Local, U.8.] In Maine they talk of land that has been her ringed to death. Goode, Menhaden, p. 249, herring-bank (her’ing-bangk), ».