Definition of Straint

1. n. Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.

Definition of Straint

1. Noun. (obsolete) overexertion; excessive tension; strain ¹

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Definition of Straint

1. pressure [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Straint

strained
strained silicon
strainer
strainer vine
strainers
strainful
straining
straining beam
straining beams
strainings
strainmeter
strainmeters
strainometer
strainometers
strains
straint (current term)
straintronics
straints
strait
strait-laced
strait and narrow
straited
straiten
straitened
straitened times
straitening
straitens
straiter
straitest
straiting

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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