English Explanatory Dictionary

spreath

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A raid in order to steal cattle.

Pronunciation

/spɹiːθ/

Word forms

spreath spreaths

Etymology

From Scots, from Scottish Gaelic sprèidh, from Middle Irish spréid (“cattle, wealth”), from Latin praeda (“plunder, spoils; profit; prey”), thus a doublet of prey. Per one hypothesis, also a doublet of spree.

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