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What (who) is straitjacket - definition

GARMENT USED FOR RESTRAINING PEOPLE

Strait-jacket; Straightjacket; Strait jacket; Straight jacket; Strait-waistcoat; Straight-jacket; Straitjackets; Posey Straitjacket escape; Straitwaistcoat

straitjacket

(also straightjacket)

¦ noun

1. a strong garment with long sleeves which can be tied together to confine the arms of a violent prisoner or mental patient.

2. a severe restriction.

¦ verb (straitjackets, straitjacketing, straitjacketed) restrain with or as if with a straitjacket.

straitjacket

(straitjackets)

1.

A straitjacket is a special jacket used to tie the arms of a violent person tightly around their body.

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2.

If you describe an idea or a situation as a straitjacket, you mean that it is very limited and restricting.

The national curriculum must be a guide, not a straitjacket.

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Straitjacket (comedy duo)

ENGLISH COMEDY DUO

Straitjacket Comedy

Straitjacket were a comedy duo from North East England, who wrote original comedy sketches. A lot of their material was transferred to the screen by the original three members: Tom Bennett, Keith Dickinson and Ian Todd.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straitjacket_(comedy_duo)

Wikipedia

Straitjacket

A straitjacket is a garment shaped like a jacket with long sleeves that surpass the tips of the wearer's fingers. Its most typical use is restraining people who may cause harm to themselves or others. Once the wearer slides their arms into the sleeves, the person restraining the wearer crosses the sleeves against the chest and ties the ends of the sleeves to the back of the jacket, ensuring the arms are close to the chest with as little movement as possible.

Although straitjacket is the most common spelling, strait-jacket is also frequent. Straitjackets are also called camisoles.

The effect of a straitjacket as a restraint makes it of special interest in escapology. The straitjacket is also a staple prop in stage magic.

The straitjacket comes from the Georgian era of medicine. Physical restraint was used both as treatment for mental illness and to pacify patients in understaffed asylums.

Due to their strength, canvas and duck cloth are the most common materials for institutional straitjackets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straitjacket

Examples of use of straitjacket

1. It is like giving someone a straitjacket and then also giving them the keys to release the straitjacket.

2. "It is like giving someone a straitjacket and then also giving them the key to release that straitjacket.

3. "Pass the straitjacket," says the woman next to me.

4. The process is a straitjacket shrouded in secrecy.

5. The government did not create this unhealthy straitjacket.