spraint

English

Etymology

Old French espraintes, espreintes, French épreintes from espreinte (“a desire to go to stool”); cf. épreinte (“a piece of otter dung”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɹeɪnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪnt

Noun

spraint (plural spraints)

1. A piece of otter dung.

   In this region the average spraint number per site is 3.9.

   Figure 1 shows a photograph of an otter spraint.

Usage notes

• Usually used when referring to the observation and tracking of otters.

Anagrams

• Partins, Pintars, intraps, priants, spirant