Strait (?), a. [Compar. Straiter (?); superl. Straitest.] [OE.
straight, streyt, streit, OF. estreit, estroit, F. étroit, from L.
strictus drawn together, close, tight, p. p. of stringere to draw
tight. See 2nd Strait, and cf. Strict.] 1. Narrow; not broad.
Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.
Matt. vii. 14.
Too strait and low our cottage doors.
Emerson.