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

Alternative form of distrainor

Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.

plural of distrainer

present participle of distrain

simple past tense and past participle of distrain

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distrain

The act or process by which something is distrained.

The act of distraining; distraint.

plural of distrainment