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Definition of Straint
1. n. Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.
Definition of Straint
1. Noun. (obsolete) overexertion; excessive tension; strain ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Straint
1. pressure [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Straint
Literary usage of Straint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1922)
"They fall, Moreover, though HD excels all the 5 E'V,''"' . members of her group
in exquisite re- £,^ again, straint, Amy Lowell excels HD in Th' °«)wn ..."
2. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"straint was occasioned by this: the marques conceiving king William had influenced
the court of Spain to make the present alteration there, wrote a letter ..."
3. A History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans by John Lingard (1825)
"... imposed on his freedom : he straint. even affected an air of cheerfulness, to
disguise ' the design which he still cherished of making escape. ..."
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