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.
Derivatives:
strutter n. struttingly adv.
Etymology: ME 'bulge, swell, strive', earlier stroute f. OE strutian be rigid (?)