straitlaced : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: straitlaced	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for straitlaced
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
straitlaced adj exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" Synonym(s): priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strait-laced \Strait"-laced`\, a. 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; strict in manners or morals.