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A jacket-like garment used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
Answer for the clue "A jacket-like garment used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person ", 14 letters:
straightjacket
Word definitions for straightjacket in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a jacket-like garment used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person [syn: straitjacket ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (misspelling of straitjacket English)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But in practice, for the great majority of schools, the selection procedure acted as a straightjacket . ▪ It was like being in a straightjacket . ▪ The parliamentary straightjacket which the Labour Party had placed itself in ...
Usage examples of straightjacket.
Straightjackets, starvation, and beatings and clubbings were the wrong treatment for Jim Hall.
I did not strap on the straightjacket as was customary when he slept, since I saw that he was too feeble to be dangerous, even if he woke in mental disorder once more before passing away.