Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - strut

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 (?)