struntainn.
/ˈstrʌntᵻn/, U.S. /ˈstrənt(ə)n/, Scottish English /ˈstrʌntᵻn/ Scottish.
(See quot. 1858.)
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1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 138 Before this period, the only manufacture was what is called Stow Struntain, made of the coarsest wool, and wrought by the women on a loom like a bed-heck.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Struntain, the name in Scotland for a kind of coarse worsted braid, less than an inch broad.
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