Both Uses of
strait
in
Brave New World
- The mesa was like a ship becalmed in a strait of lion-coloured dust.
p. 107.1strait = narrow water passage
- On the prow of that stone ship in the centre of the strait, and seemingly a part of it, a shaped and geometrical outcrop of the naked rock, stood the pueblo of Malpais.
p. 107.3 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(strait as in: Strait of Hormuz) a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
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(2)
(strait as in: put her in a tough strait) a bad or difficult situation
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, strait can mean narrow or cramped -- as used in the compound word straitjacket. Similarly, it can mean rigid as in strait-laced.
These words are sometimes spelled straight*, but strait is a different word than straight -- which has many meanings.