'Jacket' definitions:
Definition of 'jacket'
(from WordNet)
noun
A short coat
noun
An outer wrapping or casing; "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets"
noun
(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown" [syn: crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown, cap]
noun
The outer skin of a potato
noun
The tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition
verb
Provide with a thermally non-conducting cover; "The tubing needs to be jacketed"
verb
Put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed"
Definition of 'Jacket'
From: GCIDE
- Jacket \Jack"et\, v. t.
- 1. To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To thrash; to beat. [Low] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Jacket'
From: GCIDE
- Jacket \Jack"et\, n. [F. jaquette, dim. of jaque. See 3d Jack, n.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mil.) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and re["e]nforcing the tube in which the charge is fired. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket. [1913 Webster]
- Blue jacket. (Naut.) See under Blue.
- Steam jacket, a space filled with steam between an inner and an outer cylinder, or between a casing and a receptacle, as a kettle.
- To dust one's jacket, to give one a beating. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Jacket'
- Jacketed,
- Jacketing,
- Blue jacket,
- Bomber jacket,
- Cardigan jacket,
- Cork jackets,
- Leather jacket,
- Monkey jacket,
- Norfolk jacket,
- Pea jacket,
- Pilot jacket,
- Polka jacket,
- Red Jacket,
- Shell jacket,
- Steam jacket,
- Yellow jacket,
- air jacket,
- bed jacket,
- book jacket,
- bush jacket,
- cork jacket,
- dinner jacket,
- dolman jacket,
- donkey jacket,
- dust jacket,
- eton jacket,
- jacket crown,
- jacket potato,
- life jacket,
- lounging jacket,
- lumber jacket,
- mao jacket,
- mess jacket,
- record jacket,
- ski jacket,
- smoking jacket,
- sport jacket,
- sports jacket,
- water jacket,
- yellow jackets,
- Pea-jacket,
- Red Jacket, WV,
- Strait-jacket,
- To dust one's jacket,
- To dyst one's jacket,
- full metal jacket,
- double-breasted jacket,
- single-breasted jacket