(obsolete) To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress. / (law, transitive, obsolete) To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distrain

simple past tense and past participle of distrain

present participle of distrain

The act or process by which something is distrained.

Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.

plural of distrainer

Alternative form of distrainor

plural of distrainment

The act of distraining; distraint.