"jacket" Definition

Definitions for the word "jacket" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler, cylinder, pipe, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To thrash; to beat.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 a short coat with sleeves. B protective or supporting garment (life-jacket). 2 casing or covering round a boiler etc. 3 = *dust-jacket. 4 skin of a potato. 5 animal''s coat. [french]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
8. slang
the skin of a potato which has not been pared before cooking. In Ireland potatoes are generally served “with their JACKETS on.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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