four-point

verb

To restrain (a prisoner or patient, etc.) on a bed or trolley with cuffs at both wrists and both ankles.

Meanings

verbfour-point (third-person singular simple present four-points, present participle four-pointing, simple past and past participle four-pointed)

present singular third person four-points · participle present four-pointing · participle past four-pointed · past four-pointed

  1. figurativelytransitiveTo restrain (a prisoner or patient, etc.) on a bed or trolley with cuffs at both wrists and both ankles.
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