straitjacket meaning

• Noun: straitjacket  streyt`jakit
  1. Anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines
     "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket" 
  2. A garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
     - straightjacket

  Derived forms: straitjackets

  Type of: balk, baulk [Brit], check, deterrent, garment, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment

  Encyclopedia: Straitjacket

• 
  [Medicine]
  or straight·jack·et n : a cover or garment of strong material (as canvas) used to bind the body and esp. the arms closely in restraining a violent prisoner or patient
  

• In order to circumvent the straitjacket of national wage rates, employers in many cities offer non-pecuniary rewards to their workers.
• Fetch her a straitjacket ! she's completely mad
• Let's put all the cards on the table . she's fit for a straitjacket
• Brett ? no . just stop, they'll put you in a straitjacket
• .. . you put me in a straitjacket
• But i was violent . that's why they put you in a straitjacket
• With a straitjacket, perhaps
• You put me in a straitjacket
• You were in a straitjacket?
• Bring in the straitjackets

• "straitjacket" meaning in Chinese: straitjacket ＝strait waistcoat。
• "straitjacket" meaning in Japanese: {名-1} : 拘束衣-----------------------------------------------...
• "straitjacket" meaning in Russian: 1) смирительная рубашка Ex: to put smb. into a straitjacke...
• "straitjacket" meaning in French: n. camisole de force, chemise de déments