n. & v.
n. 1 a bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression. 2 a strutting gait.
v. (strutted, strutting) 1 intr. walk with a pompous or affected stiff erect gait. 2 tr. brace with a strut or struts. strutter n. struttingly adv.
[ ME 'bulge, swell, strive', earlier stroute f. OE strutian be rigid (?) ]