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Etymology[]
From Middle French jaquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.
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Jacket ({{{1}}})
- 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 suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat ; coat (US)
- A removable or replaceable protective or insulating cover for an object (eg a book, hot water tank.)
- A police record.
Synonyms[]
- (piece of a person's suit): coat (US)
- (removable protective cover): sleeve
Derived terms[]
- bedjacket
- bookjacket
- donkey jacket
- dust jacket
- flak jacket
- jacket potato
- leatherjacket
- life jacket
- Nehru jacket
Translations[]
piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse
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piece of a man suit
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removable or replaceable protective or insulating cover for an object
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Verb[]
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to Jacket (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
- (transitive) To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
- 1897, Alexander James Wallis-Tayler, Motor Cars Or Power-carriages for Common Roads
- ...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.
- 1897, Alexander James Wallis-Tayler, Motor Cars Or Power-carriages for Common Roads
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