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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 ]
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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (misspelling of straitjacket English)
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.