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straight⋅jack⋅et

  [streyt-jak-it]
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–noun, verb (used with object)
straitjacket.
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strait⋅jack⋅et

  [streyt-jak-it]
–noun
1. a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
2. anything that severely confines, constricts, or hinders: Conventional attitudes can be a straitjacket, preventing original thinking.
–verb (used with object) Also, strait-jacket.
3. to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
Also, straightjacket.

Origin:
1805–15; strait + jacket
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straight·jack·et   (strāt'jāk'ĭt)   
n.   & v.
Variant of straitjacket.
strait·jack·et also straight·jack·et   (strāt'jāk'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. A long-sleeved jacketlike garment used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent patient or prisoner.

  2. Something that restricts, hinders, or confines: the straitjacket of bureaucratic paperwork.

tr.v.   strait·jack·et·ed also straight·jack·et·ed, strait·jack·et·ing also straight·jack·et·ing, strait·jack·ets also straight·jack·ets
To restrain, restrict, or hinder by or as if by confining in a straitjacket.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: straightjacket
variant of STRAITJACKET

Main Entry: strait·jack·et
Variant: or straight·jack·et /'strAt-"jak-&t/
Function: noun
: a cover orgarment of strong material (as canvas) used to bind the body and especially the arms closely in restraining a violent prisoner or patient
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

straitjacket strait·jack·et or straight·jack·et (strāt'jāk'ĭt)
n.
A long-sleeved jacketlike garment used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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