strait-laced
adjective
- Archaic
- tightly laced, as a corset
- wearing tightly laced garments
- narrowly strict or severe in behavior or moral views
See strait-laced in American Heritage Dictionary 4
strait-laced or straight-laced
adjective- Excessively strict in behavior, morality, or opinions.
- Having or wearing a tightly laced garment.
Origin: strait, tightly (obsolete) + -laced (from lace).
Related Forms:
- straitˈ-lacˈed·ly (-lāˈsĭd-lē, -lāstˈlē) adverb
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