Definitions
A narrow waterway connecting larger bodies of water.
Word origin
From Middle English streit, from Old French estreit (modern form étroit), from Latin strictus, perfect passive participle of stringō (“compress, tighten”). Doublet of stretto and strict.
Used in a sentence
“Sweet oil was poured out on thy head And ran down like cool rain between The strait close locks it melted in.”
“Where shall we keep the holiday, And duly greet the entering May? Too strait and low our cottage doors, And all unmeet our carpet floors; […]”
“to follow the strait and narrow”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Narrow sea passage”6 letters
02“Narrow waterway”6 letters
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