meaning of jacket
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. In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing 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.
5. To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.
6. To thrash; to beat.
7. a short coat
Related Words
jacket | jacket crown | jacket potato | jacketed | jacketing |
