All 6 Uses of

strait
in
The Fiend And The Forge

But from what we hear, the strait is now guarded.
Chpt 19 —

strait = narrow water passage

I'll travel fastest by sea, and at least the strait will be the only barrier.
Chpt 19 —

The Ormenheid continued through the strait and out onto the open ocean.
Chpt 25 —

That's exactly what we're going to do… The party navigated the strait in identical fashion as before.
Chpt 27 — *

Definitions:

(1) (strait as in: Strait of Hormuz)
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
(2) (strait as in: put her in a tough strait)
a bad or difficult situation
(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.