transitive. To press or crush into a narrow space; to force into confinement: = thring, v. 5c.

To thrust or crush (into a confined space); to shut up, confine, bind; figurative to confine, restrict (quot. 1374); in quot. 1400, to bind tightly…

To shut up in or force into a narrow space.

transitive. To enclose within narrow bounds, to restrict.

To confine in or force into a narrow space; to hem in closely. Also with in. Now rare.

transferred. To confine in close or ill-ventilated quarters. Chiefly with up.

transitive. To confine in a narrower space, to restrict.

transitive. To compress (a single thing) in a narrow space; to confine. Obsolete.

To confine narrowly, fetter or shut in (in space), so as to restrict the physical freedom of. Often with up.

transitive. To confine (a person or thing) in a small space or within narrow limits, as if in a box, esp. uncomfortably; to block or restrict the…

transitive. colloquial. To confine, shut up in a poky place. Usually in passive.