Estray Definition

ĭ-strā
estrays
noun
Any person or thing out of its usual place.
Webster's New World
A stray and unclaimed domestic animal.
Webster's New World

(law) An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.

Wiktionary
verb
To stray.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Estray

Noun

Singular:
estray
Plural:
estrays

Origin of Estray

  • Middle English astrai, from Anglo-Norman estray, from the Old French verb estraier. Etymological doublet with stray.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English astrai from Anglo-Norman estray from estraier to stray from Old French stray

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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