obstringed

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See obstriction.

Adjective[edit]

obstringed (comparative more obstringed, superlative most obstringed)

  1. (obsolete) constrained; placed under obligation
    • c. 1528, Sir Gregory de Cassalis, Dr. Gardiner, and Dr. Fox […] , letter to Cardinal Wolsey
      His holiness shewed unto us, how much he and the see was and is obstringed and bound to your grace.
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