astrain

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English

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ strain.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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astrain (not comparable)

  1. strained or straining
    • 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came:
      With that red, gaunt, and colloped neck a-strain.
    • 1913, Maurice Hewlett, Bendish:
      That miserable young man kept his eyes astrain towards the upper window, but without reward. Rose did not show herself.

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