Definition of jacket

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"Jacket (n.) 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..

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Acton :: Acton (n.) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail..
Sweater :: Sweater (n.) A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes.
Jacketed :: "Jacketed (a.) Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket..
Cleading :: Cleading (n.) A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine..
Jacketing :: "Jacketing (n.) The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing..
Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket..
Cardigan Jacket :: Cardigan jacket () A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves.
Juppon :: "Juppon (n.) A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips..
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc..
Truss :: Truss (n.) A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a stomacher..
Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A kind of straitjacket.
Roundabout :: Roundabout (n.) A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc..
Sola :: Sola (n.) A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc..
Water Plate :: Water plate () A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.
Strake :: Strait-waistcoat (n.) Same as Strait-jacket.
Air Jacket :: Air jacket () A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming..
Jacket :: Jacket (v. t.) To thrash; to beat.
Jump :: Jump (n.) A kind of loose jacket for men.
Paltock :: Paltock (n.) A kind of doublet; a jacket.
Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A short jacket worn by men and by women.
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