Straitjacket

Noun

 * 1) A jacket-like garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving his or her arms. Often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.
 * 2) A metaphor used to describe a range of situations seen as (unpleasantly?) confining or restricting.
 * 3) * 2009, Michael Giffin, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 99:
 * [I]f we remain in one discipline, we remain in a straitjacket; an adequate theory of language evolution requires a lot of interdisciplinary work.

Synonyms

 * strait waistcoat (dated)

Verb

 * 1) lit.  To put someone into a straitjacket.
 * 2)  To restrict the freedom of, either physically or psychologically.

Thesaurus
Oregon boat, anchor, bilbo, bind, bond, bonds, bridle, camisole, chain, chains, collar, cuffs, enchain, entrammel, fasten, fetter, gag, gyve, gyves, halter, hamper, handcuff, handcuffs, hobble, hobbles, hog-tie, hopple, hopples, irons, lash, leading strings, leash, make fast, manacle, moor, muzzle, peg down, picket, pillory, pin down, pinion, put in irons, reins, restrain, restraint, restraints, rope, secure, shackle, stocks, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, stranglehold, strap, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, trammel, trammels, yoke

Alternative forms

 * strait jacket, strait-jacket, straightjacket

Etymology
From strait and jacket

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 緊身衣, 紧身衣
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian: camicia di forza


 * Japanese: 拘束衣
 * Korean: 구속복
 * Portuguese: colete de forças
 * : camisa de força
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: tvångströja

Verb

 * Finnish: pukea pakkopaitaan


 * Finnish: pukea pakkopaitaan