JACKETED

Adjective

jacketed

Dressed in a jacket (of a specified kind).

Encased or enclosed inside a jacket (of a specified kind).

Verb

jacketed

simple past tense and past participle of jacket

Source: Wiktionary


Jack"et*ed, a.

Definition: Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket.

JACKET

Jack"et, n. Etym: [F. jaquette, dim. of jaque. See 3d Jack, n.]

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. (Mil.)

Definition: In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reënforcing 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. Blue jacket. (Naut.) See under Blue.

– Steam jacket, a space filled with steam between an inner and an outer cylinder, or between a casing and a receptacle, as a kettle.

– To dust one's jacket, to give one a beating. [Colloq.]

Jack"et, v. t.

1. To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.

2. To thrash; to beat. [Low]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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