straitjacket
noun
a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
straitjackets
-
present tense formof straitjacket (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
These included freeing himself from chains, ropes, and straitjackets under water.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025
Humanmade levees, dikes and other flood-control measures act like straitjackets on these rivers.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
She presents the pictures out of chronological order, so observers can’t tell whether these plots are returning to nature or being forced back into concrete straitjackets.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2021
There were straitjackets that looked like giant coveralls, straitjacket smocks, straitjacket anoraks.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2019
She learns surveillance techniques, performs backflips, and masters the removal of handcuffs and straitjackets.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
