Bible Dictionaries
Distringas

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Distringas'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/distringas.html. 1828.