enstraitening

Verb

enstraiten (third-person singular simple present enstraitens, present participle enstraitening, simple past and past participle enstraitened)

1. (archaic) To render narrow or narrower; make strait; curtail (property).
   • He hath already to plesure his countrie instraightned his demeanes.1589, Robert Payne, A briefe description of Ireland, page 11
2. (literary, rare) Constrain; bring into straits.
   • But the Romans had enstraitned her before she was aware thereof.1618, Edmund Bolton, The Roman histories of Lucius Julius Florus, page 142