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straitened (adj.)
[straitened 词源字典]
c. 1600, "too narrow;" 1716, "reduced to hardship;" past participle adjective from
strait
(v.). Phrase
straitened circumstances
recorded from 1766.
[straitened etymology, straitened origin, 英语词源]