jacket

jacket
jack•et
[[t]ˈdʒæk ɪt[/t]] n.
1) clo a short coat, in any of various forms, usu. opening down the front
2) a garmentlike article designed to be placed around the body for some use other than as clothing
Compare life jacket straitjacket
3) a protective outer covering
4) the skin of a potato, esp. when it has been cooked
5) a removable paper cover for protecting the binding of a book, usu. bearing the title and author's name
6) an envelope, holder, or cover of cardboard or paper, as for a phonograph record or a document
7) mac a metal casing, as the steel covering around the barrel of a gun or the core of a bullet
8) to put a jacket on
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Etymology: 1425–75; jaket < MF ja(c) quet=jaque(s) jacket, short, plain upper garment, prob. after jacques peasant (see Jacquerie) +-et -et jack′et•ed, adj. jack′et•less, adj.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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