The Collaborative International Dictionary
Straint
Straint \Straint\ (str[=a]nt), n. [OF. estrainte, estreinte, F.
Overexertion; excessive tension; strain. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Wiktionary
straint
n. (context obsolete English) overexertion; excessive tension; strain
Usage examples of "straint".
They exercised a little restraint, perhaps, on Leroy when the day of his terrible trial came.
Coronetes had told him that this form of reov straint, called the serpent, could amputate limbs if left on for too long.
He thudded back to the ground, the three remaining restraints twisting his limbs awkwardly, crimping his burning back.
Brotherhood itself was not the entire re- straint, for adoptive siblings could marry.
Brotherhood itself was not the entire re straint, for adoptive siblings could marry.