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Detailed Translations for straitjackets from English to French

straitjackets:

straitjackets [the ~] noun

  1. the straitjackets (shackels; trammels)
    le carcans

Translation Matrix for straitjackets:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
carcans shackels; straitjackets; trammels

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straitjackets form of straitjacket:

straitjacket [the ~] noun

  1. the straitjacket

Translation Matrix for straitjacket:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
camisole de force straitjacket
- straightjacket

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Synonyms for "straitjacket":


Related Definitions for "straitjacket":

  1. a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person1
  2. anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines1
    • they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket1
    • the government is operating in an economic straitjacket1

Wiktionary Translations for straitjacket:

straitjacket
noun
  1. a jacket-like garment
straitjacket
noun
  1. (vieilli) vêtement|fr Sorte de vêtement du matin, court, à manches, qui se porte sur la chemise.
  2. vieux|fr camisole à manches bouclée par-derrière qu’on mettait quelquefois à des aliénés, à des prisonniers pour leur ôter l’usage de leurs bras et les empêcher de se blesser ou de frapper ceux qui les approchent.

Cross Translation:
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straitjacket camisole de force Zwangsjacke — eine Jacke aus festem Stoff, die hinten geschlossen wird und deren Ärmel auf dem Rücken miteinander verknoten werden, so dass die Person, die sie trägt ruhig gestellt wird, da sie sich nicht mehr völlig frei bewegen kann