estray

/EH0 S T R EY1/
noun
  1. 1

    (law) An animal that has escaped from its owner; a wandering animal whose owner is unknown. An animal cannot be an estray when on the range where it was raised, and permitted by its owner to run. A lost animal whose owner is known to the party at hand is not an estray.

  2. 2

    (archaic) Stray.

verb
  1. 1

    (archaic) To stray.