"spraint" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spɹeɪnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spraint.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spraints [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪnt Etymology: Old French espraintes, espreintes, French épreintes from espreinte (“a desire to go to stool”); cf. épreinte (“a piece of otter dung”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|espraintes}} Old French espraintes, {{m|fro|espreintes}} espreintes, {{uder|en|fr|épreintes}} French épreintes, {{m|fr|espreinte||a desire to go to stool}} espreinte (“a desire to go to stool”), {{m|fr|épreinte||a piece of otter dung}} épreinte (“a piece of otter dung”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} spraint (plural spraints)
  1. A piece of otter dung. Wikipedia link: spraint Categories (topical): Feces

Inflected forms

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