Meaning of strait-laced | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of straight-laced.
   alt-of, alternative
2. Bound with stays.

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“High she was in the instep, but short in the heel; strait-laced, but loose-bodied.”

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