straitjacket

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  • June 13. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    straitjacket noun english

    anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines; "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"

  • March 3. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

    straitjacket noun english

    a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person