straitjacket

English Thesaurus

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 person (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	garment,
definition	:	an article of clothing (noun.artifact)

2. anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment,
definition	:	something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress (noun.cognition)