Distrain(v. t.)
- To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an amercement.
Distrain(v. t.)
- To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels.