heaving

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With the Hundred Years' War against England came soldiers reaving and burning through the countryside, while the Black Death followed swiftly thereafter, striking Burgundy in 1348 and again, with even greater severity, in 1360.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2024

Was the sequel originally going to be a prequel about Bala-Tik and the Guavian Death Gang’s early years of reaving in the outer rim territories?

From The Guardian • May 4, 2016

"You were no priest when I was taken from Pyke.. I remember how you would sing the old reaving songs standing on the table with a horn of ale in hand."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Whenever he was in his cups he would call for a reaving song, something loud and stormy that told of dead heroes and deeds of wild valor.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

By this term, which is most often followed by the genitive plural bó, "cows," they meant "a driving," or "a reaving," or even "a drove" or "herd" of cattle.

From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Dunn, Joseph