strait-laced

See also: straitlaced

English

Adjective

strait-laced (comparative more strait-laced, superlative most strait-laced)

  1. Alternative spelling of straight-laced
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) Bound with stays.
    • John Locke
      Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced.

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