straitjacket.
A jacketlike garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving their arms; often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.
Meaning & usage
A jacketlike garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving their arms; often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.
Any situation seen as confining or restricting.
our ever-increasing bureaucratic straitjacket of regulations
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English strait Old French jaque Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French jacquetbor. English jacket English straitjacket From strait (“restrictive”) + jacket.
To put someone into a straitjacket.
To restrict the freedom of someone or something, either physically or psychologically.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English strait Old French jaque Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French jacquetbor. English jacket English straitjacket From strait (“restrictive”) + jacket.
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