straitjacket   (TTS Sound)

The noun straitjacket has 2 senses

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


• straitjacket, straightjacket -- (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)