Destrayt Obs. also -te, -tte. [a. OF destreit (-ait, -oit), Mod.F. détroit, 'a strait, a narrow place or passage, a defile, a confined place.' :- late pop. L. district-um, from districtus, tight, strict, severe, pa. pple. of distringêre, to DISTRAIN : cf. DISTRICT] A narrow pass or defile.
1481 CAXTON Godfrey clxv. 244 The day after passed they by a moche sharp & aspre way, & after descended by a destrayt into a playne. c 1500 Melusine lvii, 336 On the morn he passed the destraytte & mounted the mountaynes.
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