streen

Scots

Alternative forms

• (Southern Scots) streend

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French estreindre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [strin]

Noun

streen (uncountable)

1. constraint, bondage

Verb

streen (third-person singular simple present streens, present participle streenin, simple past streent, past participle streent)

1. to strain, squeeze, extort money or confessions, etc.