Meaning

noun a proud stiff pompous gait

noun brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression

verb to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

originThe verb is derived from Middle English strouten, struten (“to bulge, swell; to protrude, stick out; to bluster, threaten; to object forcefully; to create a disturbance; to fight; to display one's clothes in a proud or vain manner”) [and other forms], from Old English strūtian (“to project out; stand out stiffly; to exert oneself, struggle”), from Proto-Germanic *strūtōną, *strūtijaną (“to be…

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