Bible Dictionaries
Strait-Laced

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Bound with stays.

(2):

(a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.

(3):

(a.) Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Strait-Laced'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/strait-laced.html. 1828.