obstringed

English

Etymology

See obstriction.

Adjective

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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