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What is a straitjacket?
Why are straitjacket and straightlaced different spellings?
What is a straitjacket in escapology?
Straight can mean 'without bend,' 'heterosexual,' and 'fairness,' while strait means 'narrow, strict, or constricted.' This is why 'strait' is the original spelling of 'straitjacket' and 'straitlaced.'
1. : a cover or overgarment of strong material (such as canvas) used to bind the body and especially the arms closely in restraining a violent prisoner or patient. 2. : something that restricts or confines like a straitjacket. straitjacket. 2 of 2. verb. variants or less commonly straightjacket.
The long-sleeved garment used to bind a person’s arms tightly against the body is a straitjacket. The spelling derives from a little-used, mostly archaic definition of strait —i.e., tightly fitting. The word is commonly misspelled in a number of ways, including straightjacket, strait-jacket, straight-jacket, strait jacket, and straight jacket.
Definitions. straightjacket. n 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. straitjacket. n anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines. they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket.
A straitjacket is a garment shaped like a jacket with long sleeves that surpass the tips of the wearer's fingers. Its most typical use is restraining people who may cause harm to themselves or others.
May 10, 2022 · ‘Strait jacket’ suggests the cramped fit of the garment, rather than alluding to straight posture or the appearance of the jacket’s arms when they aren’t tied up. Why did they stop using straitjackets?
(also straightjacket) uk / ˈstreɪtˌdʒæk.ɪt / us / ˈstreɪtˌdʒæk.ɪt / Add to word list. 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.
