spraint

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/spɹeɪnt/

noun

A piece of otter dung.

“Figure 1 shows a photograph of an otter spraint.”

OriginOld French espraintes ← French épreintes →
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Meanings

nounspraint (plural spraints)

plural spraints

  1. A piece of otter dung.

    Figure 1 shows a photograph of an otter spraint.

    1 more example

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

Origin

  1. Frenchépreintes
  2. Old Frenchespraintes
  3. Englishspraint

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with spraint

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Anagrams

spirant
Cite this entry
APA

spraint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spraint

MLA

“spraint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spraint. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spraint,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spraint.

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