n.
Pronunciation: ' str ē l
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: Irish straoill-, sraoill- to tear apart, trail, trudge, from Old Irish sroiglid he scourges, from sroigell scourge, from Latin flagellum ― more at FLAGELLATE
Date: 1805
1 chiefly Irish : to saunter idly and aimlessly
2 chiefly Irish : to trail or float in the manner of a streamer