Jacket definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary JACK'ET, n. A short ... dentist will fit me for a crown" [syn: crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown, cap] 4: the outer skin of a potato 5 ... cover; "The tubing needs to be jacketed" 2: put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed" Merriam Webster's I. noun ... Anglo-French jackés, plural, diminutive of Middle French jaque short jacket, from jacques peasant, from the name Jacques James Date: 15th ... jacketless adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1856 to put a jacket on ; enclose in or with a jacket Oxford Reference ...
Steam jacket definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jacket Jack"et, n. [F. jaquette, dim. of jaque. See 3d ... 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 ... and a receptacle, as a kettle. To dust one's jacket, to give one a beating. [Colloq.] Webster's 1913 ...
shell jacket definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners [syn: mess jacket, monkey jacket, shell jacket] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1840 1. a short tight military jacket worn buttoned up the front 2. mess jacket Webster' ...
cork jacket definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design [syn: life jacket, life vest, cork jacket] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jacket Jack"et, n. [F. jaquette, dim. of jaque. See 3d ... cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket. Blue jacket. (Naut.) See under Blue. Steam jacket, a ...
monkey jacket definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners [syn: mess jacket, monkey jacket, shell jacket] Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1822 mess jacket Webster's 1913 Dictionary Monkey Mon"key, n.; pl. ...
Blue jacket definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jacket Jack"et, n. [F. jaquette, dim. of jaque. See 3d ... 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 ... and a receptacle, as a kettle. To dust one's jacket, to give one a beating. [Colloq.] Webster's 1913 ...
life jacket definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design [syn: life jacket, life vest, cork jacket] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1883 a life preserver in ... Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also lifejacket(life jackets) A life jacket is a sleeveless jacket which helps you to float when you have fallen ...
Norfolk jacket definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: loose-fitting single-breasted jacket Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Norfolk, England Date: 1866 a loose-fitting belted single-breasted jacket with box pleats Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a man's loose belted jacket, with box pleats. Etymology: Norfolk in S. England Webster's 1913 Dictionary Norfolk jacket Norfolk jacket A kind of loose-fitting plaited jacket, having a ...
dust jacket definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed [syn: book jacket, dust cover, dust jacket, dust wrapper] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1926 a paper ... cover for a book Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also dust-jacket(dust jackets) A dust jacket is a loose paper ...
bomber jacket definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a jacket gathered into a band at the waist Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1952 a zippered usually leather jacket with front pockets and knitted cuffs and waistband Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (bomber jackets) A bomber jacket is a short jacket which is gathered into a band at the waist or hips. ...a black leather bomber jacket. N-COUNT
dinner jacket definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: semiformal evening dress for men [syn: dinner jacket, tux, tuxedo, black tie] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1891 a jacket for formal evening wear • dinner-jacketed adjective Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also dinner-jacket(dinner jackets) A dinner jacket is a jacket, usually black, worn by men for formal social events. ( ...
To dust one's jacket definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jacket Jack"et, n. [F. jaquette, dim. of jaque. See 3d ... 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 ... and a receptacle, as a kettle. To dust one's jacket, to give one a beating. [Colloq.]
mess jacket definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back; worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners [syn: mess jacket, monkey jacket, shell jacket] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1878 a fitted waist-length man's jacket worn especially as part of a dress uniform
sports jacket definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school [syn: blazer, sport jacket, sport coat, sports jacket, sports coat] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (sports jackets) A sports jacket is a man's jacket, usually made of a woollen material called tweed. It ...
pea-jacket definitions Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a sailor's short double ... f. Du. pijjakker f. pij coat of coarse cloth + jekker jacket: assim. to JACKET Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pea-jacket Pea"-jack`et, n. [Prob. fr. D. pij, pije, a ... coat of a coarse woolen stuff.] A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather.