单词 | strait-waistcoating |
释义 | > as lemmasstrait-ˈwaistcoating strait-ˈwaistcoating n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] locking1503 coarctinga1513 constraint1590 stint1593 coarctation1605 manacling1649 strait-waistcoating1859 hemming-in1905 strait-jacketing1950 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > of free action coarctinga1513 constraint1590 stint1593 coarctation1605 manacling1649 strait-waistcoating1859 hemming-in1905 strait-jacketing1950 1859 W. Anderson Discourses (1860) 2nd Ser. 89 The maniac-like strait-waistcoating of worldliness. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xi. 119 Such strait-waistcoating as you treat me to is not becoming in you at so early a date. < as lemmas |
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