jacket

verb

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/ / /ˈd͡ʒæk.ət/

Etymology: From Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.

A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
A police record.
“We got a crowd of black, white customers, out-of-state license plates, what have you. Somebody gonna check that out. They gonna drop a dime on me, call 911. And you know with my jacket I can't go back to jail.”
“Yo's jacket shows possession with intent, possession of unlicensed firearm, and assault, for which he still owes three years.”
In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
“Cook the potatoes in their jackets.”
A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that he is not the child’s biological father.
A vest (US); a waistcoat (UK).

Etymology: From Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.

To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.
“‘None of your gab, I tell you! If you speak another word, I'll have you jacketed[…]!’”
To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
“...to...prevent...the loss of heat...there is also a layer of silicate cotton or slag wool. This latter material is also employed to jacket the chimney for a certain portion of its length.”
“By jacketting the mercury tube determinations can be made at any temperature desired.”