− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''destresse'', from Anglo-French ''destresce'', from Vulgar Latin ''districtia'', from Latin ''districtus'', past participle of ''distringere'' or Distrain meaning to press, compress, grasp tightly, squeeze. | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''destresse'', from Anglo-French ''destresce'', from Vulgar Latin ''districtia'', from Latin ''districtus'', past participle of ''distringere'' or Distrain meaning to press, compress, grasp tightly, squeeze. |
| *1a : seizure and detention of the [[goods]] of another as pledge or to obtain [[satisfaction]] of a claim by the sale of the goods seized | | *1a : seizure and detention of the [[goods]] of another as pledge or to obtain [[satisfaction]] of a claim by the sale of the goods seized |