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Translate straitjackets from English to Dutch

Summary

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straitjackets:
- keurslijven; keurslijfjes
straitjacket:
- dwangbuis
Wiktionary:
- straitjacket → dwangbuis
- straitjacket → iemand een dwangbuis aandoen, iemand in zijn vrijheid beperken
- straitjacket → dwangbuis

English

Detailed Translations for straitjackets from English to Dutch

straitjackets:

straitjackets [the ~] noun

the straitjackets (shackels; trammels)
de keurslijven; keurslijfjes
- keurslijven [de ~] noun, plural
- keurslijfjes [znw.] noun

Translation Matrix for straitjackets:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
keurslijfjes	shackels; straitjackets; trammels
keurslijven	shackels; straitjackets; trammels

Related Words for "straitjackets":

straitjacket

straitjacket:

straitjacket [the ~] noun

the straitjacket
de dwangbuis
- dwangbuis [de ~] noun

Translation Matrix for straitjacket:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
dwangbuis	straitjacket
-	straightjacket

Related Words for "straitjacket":

straitjackets

Synonyms for "straitjacket":

hindrance; hinderance; deterrent; impediment; balk; baulk; check; handicap
straightjacket; garment

Related Definitions for "straitjacket":

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
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

a jacket-like garment
- straitjacket → dwangbuis

verb

to put someone into a straitjacket
- straitjacket → iemand een dwangbuis aandoen
to restrict the freedom of
- straitjacket → iemand in zijn vrijheid beperken

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• straitjacket	→ dwangbuis	↔ 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
• straitjacket	→ dwangbuis	↔ camisole de force — 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.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University