LekhoriLekhoriTo squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.
But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine […]
To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property.
to distrain a person by his goods and chattels
To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt.
From Middle English distreynen, from Old French destraindre, from Latin distringō (“to pull asunder”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō (“to draw tight, strain”).
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