Strait'-laced` adjective 1. Bound with stays. « Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are strait- laced .» Locke. 2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. [ R.] Fuller. 3. Rigid in opinion; str... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/207
excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors. · tightly laced, as a bodice. · wearing tightly laced garments. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/strait-laced