- strait-jacket (n.)
[strait-jacket 词源字典]
- also straitjacket, 1795 as a type of restraint for lunatics, from strait (adj.) + jacket (n.); earlier in same sense was strait-waistcoat (1753). As a verb from 1863. Related: Strait-jacketed.[strait-jacket etymology, strait-jacket origin, 英语词源]