D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Strait-laced

· Strait·-laced · IPA
01 a. Bound with stays.
  1. 1.
    Bound with stays.
    “Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced.” Locke.
  2. 2.
    Restricted; stiff; constrained.[R.]
  3. 3.
    Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.