Estray
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ə.stɹeɪ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Estray is a noun meaning (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.
Meaning
(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.
More Meanings
- (archaic) Stray.
- (archaic) To stray.
Example Sentences
With other Maids to fiſh upon the Shoar; Estrays apart, and leaves her Company
[...] All the day / Had been a dreary one at best, and dim / Was settling to its close, yet shot one grim / Red leer to see the plain catch its estray.
Word Forms
- estrays
- estraying
- estrayed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stray, abactor, runaway, breakaway, estrapade, raik.
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