·adj Bound with stays.
II. Strait-laced ·adj Restricted; stiff; constrained.
III. Strait-laced ·adj Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
Precise, over nice, puritanical. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·vt Decorated with the fabric lace. II. Laced ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Lace>>. III. Laced ·adj Fastened ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj A variant of Straight. II. Strait ·superl Narrow; not broad. III. Strait ·adv Strictly; rigor...
, or straight. A passage connecting one part of a sea with another; as, the Straits of Gibraltar, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A prostitute. ...
Replete with lice. The cove's kickseys are silver laced: the fellow's breeches are covered with lice...
·adj Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. ...
·noun A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It h...
·noun ·same·as Strait-jacket. ...
A tight waistcoat, with long sleeves coming over the hand, having strings for binding them behind th...
An arm of the sea running into the land through a narrow entrance channel, as the Gulf of Venice. Th...