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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Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts..
Jacket :: "Jacket (v. t.) To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket..
Cardigan Jacket :: Cardigan jacket () A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves.
Acton :: Acton (n.) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail..
Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket..
Juppon :: "Juppon (n.) A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips..
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 short dressing jacket for women.
Wasp :: Wasp (n.) Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets..
Jacketed :: "Jacketed (a.) Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket..
Liner :: Liner (n.) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket..
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..
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..
Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A short jacket worn by men and by women.
Sweater :: Sweater (n.) A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes.
Jacketing :: "Jacketing (n.) The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing..
Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A kind of straitjacket.
Roundabout :: Roundabout (n.) A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc..
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..
Garibaldi :: Garibaldi (n.) A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.
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