restrictive

Etymology

From Middle French restrictif. Morphologically restrict + -ive.

adj

1. Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds.
   The pinnacle of the effort to fix restrictive meanings to a set of terminology can be found in two papers in American Speech by Feinsilver (1979, 1980). 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 7
2. (Of clothing) limiting free and easy bodily movement.

noun

1. (grammar) A clause that narrows the meaning of a noun or noun phrase.
   […] a couple of further differences between restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses: (1) in contrast with restrictives, the wh-phrase in non-restrictives cannot be ellipted; […] 2013, Noel Burton-Roberts, Analysing Sentences, page 210