Strait-laced
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Strait-laced is an adjective meaning Bound with stays.
Meaning
Bound with stays.
More Meanings
- Alternative spelling of straight-laced.
Example Sentences
High she was in the instep, but short in the heel; strait-laced, but loose-bodied.
Juryman. My lord, I desire to know whether her stays were laced? Dell. Yes, she was laced. Mr. Cowper. If I take you right, you say she was strait-laced? Dell. Her stays were laced.
And if women were themselves to frame the bodies of their children in their wombs, as they 4 often endeavour to mend their shapes when they are out, we should as certainly have no perfect children born, as we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced, or much tampered with.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include straitwaistcoated, becorseted, surcingled, corseletted, corseleted, tighted.
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