Definition of "obstringed"

obstringed

adjective
comparative more obstringed, superlative most obstringed
1. (obsolete) constrained; placed under obligation
  Quotations
  His holiness shewed unto us, how much he and the see was and is obstringed and bound to your grace.
  c. 1528, Sir Gregory de Cassalis, Dr. Gardiner, and Dr. Fox […] , letter to Cardinal Wolsey