straint

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noun

Strain (tension of overexertion).

OriginMiddle French estrainte ← Old French estrainte →
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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteStrain (tension of overexertion).

    That with the straint o his weasand nigh he brast

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Old Frenchestrainte
  2. Middle Frenchestrainte
  3. Englishstraint

Uncertain. Perhaps partly from Middle French estrainte, estreinte, from Old French estrainte, estreinte; and perhaps partly taken from a clipping of English contraint, restraint, etc. See strain.

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APA

straint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/straint

MLA

“straint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/straint. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “straint,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/straint.

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