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)(file)
  • 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.

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