estray
[ ih-strey ]
noun
a person or animal that has strayed.
Law. a domestic animal, as a horse or a sheep, found wandering or without an owner.
verb (used without object)
Archaic. to stray.
Origin of estray
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British Dictionary definitions for estray
estray
/ (ɪˈstreɪ) /
noun
law a stray domestic animal of unknown ownership
Origin of estray
1C16: from Anglo-French, from Old French estraier to stray
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