Stricture \Stric"ture\, n. [L. strictura a contraction, from stringere, strictum, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture. See Strict.]

1. Strictness. [Obs.]

A man of stricture and firm abstinence. --Shak.

2. A stroke; a glance; a touch. [Obs.]

--Sir M. Hale.

3. A touch of adverse criticism; censure.

[I have] given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection on all and every passage. --Hammond.

4. (Med.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic. --Arbuthnot.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)