verb/e.tʁi.ke/
to narrow
“C’est drôle, dit Chick. On a l’impression que le monde s’étrique autour de soi.” — It's weird, says Chick. It feels like the world is collapsing around you.
Related: étriqué
Inherited from Middle French estriquer, borrowed from Middle Dutch striken (“to stroke, smooth”), from Old Dutch *strīcan. Cognate with English strike. Compare also Old French estrikier, estriquer (“to strike”).