2lawlivestock(of livestock) stray, loose, ownerless (and therefore subject to being seized):
(
c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3
)
ke lez gardeins dez chivaus [...] ne de berbiz ne augent a feire [...] ne a la taverne parunt lez bestes avantdites augent estraez sanz garde
278.c42
(
1319
)
dit q’il truva estraué(var. estraiant ; estrayant ) un porc
Ed II xxv 123