Distrain

//dɪˈstɹeɪn//

"Distrain" in a Sentence (4 examples)

But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine […]

Thus spake the Prince, and gently 'gan distrain / Now him, now her, between his friendly arms.

to distrain a person by his goods and chattels

For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine.

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