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strait S0789100 (strāt)n. often straits1. A narrow channel joining two larger bodies of water: straits that were treacherous; the Strait of Gibraltar; the Bosporus Straits.2. A position of difficulty, perplexity, distress, or need: in desperate straits.adj. Archaic 1. a. Difficult; stressful.b. Having or marked by limited funds or resources.2. a. Narrow or confined.b. Fitting tightly; constricted.3. Strict, rigid, or righteous. [Middle English streit, narrow, a strait, from Old French estreit, tight, narrow, from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere, to draw tight; see streig- in Indo-European roots.] strait′ly adv.strait′ness n.EncyclopediaSeestrait |