strunt

US: (strunt, strŏŏnt)

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strunt  (strunt, strŏŏnt), [Scot. and North Eng.]
n. 

1. Scottish Terms the fleshy part or stump of a tail, esp. of a horse's tail.

v.t. 
2. Scottish Terms to cut short, esp. to dock (the tail of a horse or sheep).
• 1600–10; nasalized variant of strut²; compare Norwegian strunta to walk stiffly