steam jacket


noun
  1. a casing, as on the cylinder of a steam engine, filled with live steam to keep the interior hot.

Origin of steam jacket

1
First recorded in 1830–40

Other words from steam jacket

  • steam-jack·et·ed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for steam jacket

steam jacket

noun
  1. engineering a jacket containing steam that surrounds and heats a cylinder

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