A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.
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.
In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reenforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket.
To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.
I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man. Gordon Ramsay
It's very important for the parents of young autistic children to encourage them to talk, or for those that don't talk, to give them a way of communicating, like a picture board, where they can point to a glass of milk, or a jacket if they're cold, or the bathroom. If they want something, then they need to learn to request that thing. Temple Grandin
Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket. Adlai E. Stevenson
Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator - he'd have me put on a jacket to see a film. Ralph Fiennes
jacket in Dutch is jasje, colbert, buis
jacket in French is jaquette, veste, veston
jacket in Italian is giubba
jacket in Norwegian is omslag, jakke
jacket in Portuguese is revestimento, jaqueta
jacket in Spanish is americana, chaqueta
jacket in Swedish is jacka, jacka, rock, kavaj, kofta
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