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jacket - 8 dictionary results

jack⋅et

[jak-it]
–noun
1. a short coat, in any of various forms, usually opening down the front.
2. something designed to be placed around the upper part of the body for a specific purpose other than use as clothing: a life jacket.
3. a protective outer covering.
4. the skin of a potato, esp. when it has been cooked.
5. book jacket.
6. the cover of a paperbound book, usually bearing an illustration.
7. a paper or cardboard envelope for protecting a phonograph record.
8. a metal casing, as the steel covering of a cannon, the steel cover around the core of a bullet, or the water jacket on certain types of machine guns.
9. a folded paper or open envelope containing an official document.
–verb (used with object)
10. to put a jacket on (someone or something).

Origin:
1425–75; late ME jaket < MF ja(c)quet, equiv. to jaque jack 3 + -et -et


jack⋅et⋅ed, adjective
jack⋅et⋅less, adjective
jack⋅et⋅like, adjective
jack·et   (jāk'ĭt)   
n.  
  1. A short coat usually extending to the hips.
  2. An outer covering or casing, especially:
    1. The skin of a potato.
    2. The dust jacket of a book or phonograph record.
    3. An insulation covering for a steam pipe, wire, boiler, or similar part.
    4. An open envelope or folder for filing papers.
    5. The outer metal shell or case of a bullet.
tr.v.   jack·et·ed, jack·et·ing, jack·ets
To supply or cover with a jacket.

[Middle English jaket, from Old French jaquet, diminutive of jaque, short jacket, tunic, from jacques, nickname for French peasants (from the name Jacques; see jack) or from Old Catalan jaco (perhaps from Arabic šakk, mailcoat).]
jack'et·ed adj.

Jacket

Jack"et\, n. [F. jaquette, dim. of jaque. See 3d Jack, n.]

1. A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.

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.

3. (Mil.) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and re["e]nforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.

4. A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket.

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.]

Jacket

Jack"et\, v. t. 1. To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.

2. To thrash; to beat. [Low]
Language Translation for : jacket
Spanish: chaqueta,
German: die Jacke,
Japanese: 上衣

jacket 
1451, from M.Fr. jaquet, dim. of O.Fr. jaque, a kind of tunic, probably from Jacque, the male proper name, also the generic name of a Fr. peasant (see jacquerie), but possibly associated with jaque (de mailles) "short, tight-fitting coat," originally "coat of mail," from Sp. jaco, from Arabic shakk "breastplate." Iakke "a short, close-fitting upper garment" is attested in Eng. from 1375. Meaning "paper wrapper of a book" is first attested 1894.

Main Entry: jack·et
Function: noun
: a standard insurance policy to which other coverage or exclusions may be attached

Main Entry: jack·et
Pronunciation: 'jak-&t
Function: noun
1 : a rigid covering that envelops the upper body and provides support,correction, or restraint
2 : JACKET CROWN

jacket jack·et (jāk'ĭt)
n.

  1. A fixed bandage applied around the body to immobilize the spine.
  2. An artificial crown of a tooth composed of fired porcelain or acrylic resin.

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