padded room
noun
A room in a psychiatric hospital, etc., with padding on the walls, where a violent or uncontrollable patient may be kept to prevent self-injury.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in State Lincoln Asylum.
- catch on
- catch one's breath
- catch one's death (of cold)
- catch (or get a) sight of
- catchpenny
- catchphrase
- catch points
- catch sight of
- catch someone in the act
- catch someone napping
- catch someone out
- catch someone's eye
- catch someone up
- catch someone with their pants (or trousers) down
- catch someone with their trousers down
- catch some (or a few) Zs
- catch something up
- catch the light
- catch the sun
- catch up
- catchup
- catch up with
- catchweight
- catchword
- catchy