C17: probably an alteration, influenced by spring, of stringhalt
springhalt in American English
(ˈsprɪŋˌhɔlt)
noun
stringhalt
springhalt in American English
(ˈsprɪŋˌhɔlt)
noun
Veterinary Science
stringhalt
Word origin
[1605–15; alter. by assoc. with spring]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crater, displacement, gothic, package, surface