obstringed
English edit
Etymology edit
See obstriction.
Adjective edit
obstringed (comparative more obstringed, superlative most obstringed)
- (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.
- c. 1528, Sir Gregory de Cassalis, Dr. Gardiner, and Dr. Fox […] , letter to Cardinal Wolsey