Jü'ment, n.

n. [Lat. jumentum, a beast of burden, contracted from jugumentum, from jungere, to yoke; Fr. jument, a mare, O. Fr. & Pr. jument, a beast of burden, Sp. jumento, jumenta, It. giumento, *giumenta.] A mare; hence, a beast of burden, or a beast in general. [Obs.] “Fitter for juments than men to feed on.” Burton.