praestrictio (“a binding fast”), from praestringere. See pre-, and stringent. <span class="searchmatch">prestriction</span> (obsolete) obstruction, dimness, or defect of sight 1641, John Milton...
it is feared you have Balaam's disease, a pearl in your eye, Mammon's <span class="searchmatch">prestriction</span>. A fish allied to the turbot; the brill. A light-colored tern. One of...