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straint |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Straint \Straint\ (str[=a]nt), n. [OF. estrainte estreinte F. ['e]trainte. See 2nd {Strain}.] Overexertion; excessive tension; strain. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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