Estray

Pronunciation

• IPA: /É™.streɪ/

Origin

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

Full definition of estray

Noun

1. (legal) 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.
2. (archaic) Stray.

Verb

1. (archaic) To stray.

Related terms

• astray
• stray

Anagrams

• stayer, yarest