sheriffing
SaySHER-i-fing/ˈʃɛɹɪfɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of sheriff.
After two decades of sheriffing the county, she announced that she would not run again.
Sheriffing a mountain county means long drives between calls and very little backup.
Note
The territory follows directly, with no preposition: sheriffing the county, sheriffing a mountain county. As a gerund it names the work itself, and what that work is depends on the office: an American sheriff, usually elected, enforces the law and runs the county jail, while a British High Sheriff carries out court orders and a Scottish sheriff is a judge.
sheriffing is a form of sheriff
sheriff, verb: To carry out the duties of a sheriff in a particular area. Full entry
- Spelling
- sheriff → sheriffing: add -ing
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