[streyt-jak-it] 
| 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. |
| 3. | to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family. |
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.
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