Available Definitions:
1) v. t. - To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
2) v. t. - To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
3) v. t. - To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.