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straitwaistcoat

straitwaistcoat noun: a straitjacket.

Noun

straitwaistcoat (plural straitwaistcoats)

  1. (archaic) A straitjacket.
    • [T]he prisoner is suffered to exercise himself; but not without the very necessary precaution of confining his arms in the strait waistcoat, securing the doors, and attentively watching his motions.1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VI, letter 115
    • When at last Conroy faced a real doctor, it was, he hoped, to be saved from suicide by a strait-waistcoat.1911, Rudyard Kipling, “In the Same Boat”, in A Diversity of Creatures, London: Macmillan and Co., […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 74

Forms of straitwaistcoat

pluralstraitwaistcoats
alternative formstrait-waistcoat
alternative formstrait waistcoat

Words formed from straitwaistcoat

Questions about straitwaistcoat

What does straitwaistcoat mean?
Straitwaistcoat means a straitjacket.
What part of speech is straitwaistcoat?
Straitwaistcoat is a noun.
What is the plural of straitwaistcoat?
The plural of straitwaistcoat is straitwaistcoats.

Words near straitwaistcoat in the dictionary

  1. Straits of Juan de Fuca
  2. Straits of Magellan
  3. Straits of Malacca
  4. Straits of Tiran
  5. Straits Settlements
  6. straitwaistcoat
  7. straitwaistcoated
  8. straitwaistcoats
  9. Straja
  10. Straka
  11. Strakas

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