destreindre
Middle French
Etymology
Old French destraindre.
Verb
destreindre
- to squeeze
- (figuratively) to seize
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 75:
- angoisse de mort se destreingnoit
- fear of death seized him
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References
- destreindre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)