adjective
1.
excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
2.
tightly laced, as a bodice.
3.
wearing tightly laced garments.
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verb (used with object), strait-laced, strait-lac·ing.
to bind, confine, or restrain with or as if with laces.
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| strait-laced or straight-laced | |
| —adj | |
| prudish or puritanical | |
| straight-laced or straight-laced | |
| —adj | |
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