'Straitness' definitions:
Definition of 'Straitness'
From: GCIDE
- Straitness \Strait"ness\, n. The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Straitness'
- Strait,
- Straitly,
- Straits,
- bering strait,
- cook strait,
- desperate straits,
- dire straits,
- korea strait,
- korean strait,
- menai strait,
- strait and narrow,
- strait of calais,
- strait of dover,
- strait of georgia,
- strait of gibraltar,
- strait of hormuz,
- strait of magellan,
- strait of messina,
- strait of ormuz,
- torres strait,
- Strait-handed,
- Strait-handedness,
- Strait-jacket,
- Strait-laced,
- Strait-waistcoat,
- kammon strait bridge