( n. )
The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances.
( n. )
The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012