A Topical Dictionary: Search for straightjacket

Dictionary Results For "straightjacket" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Etymology

Confusion between the spelling of strait in straitjacket and the more common word straight.

Noun

straightjacket

WordNet straightjacket
n : a jacket-like garment used to bind the arms tightly against
the body as a means of restraining a violent person [syn:
straitjacket]

Moby Dictionary
Oregon boat , bilbo , bond , bonds , bridle , camisole , chains , collar ,
cuffs , fetter , gag , gyves , halter , hamper , handcuffs , hobbles ,
hopples , irons , leading strings , leash , manacle , muzzle , pillory ,
reins , restraint , restraints , shackle , stocks , strait-waistcoat ,
straitjacket , stranglehold , tether , trammel , trammels , yoke