( v. t. )
To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
( v. t. )
To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012