straitjacket Значение & определение

Значение на straitjacket на български

• 0 a strong piece of special clothing that ties the arms to the body and is used for limiting the movements of dangerous prisoners and mentally ill patients whose behaviour is violent:

  • Brody was locked in a padded cell and forced to wear a straitjacket.

  • He refused to be fitted into any ideological straitjacket.

• 1 a special item of clothing like a coat that ties the arms to the body and limits the movement of a violent or mentally ill person