Es-trēpe'ment, n.

n. [O. Fr. estrepement, damage, waste, from estreper, to destroy, damage, Pr. estrepar, probably from Lat. extirpare, to pluck up by the stem or root, root out, clear from stubble. Cf. O. Fr. estraper, to cut the stubble, and estrape, N. Fr. étrape, a long scythe; Prov. Ger. stråpen, to strip off, straffen, to clip, lop.] (Law.) A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant, in lands, woods, or houses. Cowell.