jacket

UK /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/ US /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/
noun 5verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.

2

A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)

3

A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)

4

A police record.

We got a crowd of black, white customers, out-of-state license plates, what have you. Somebody gonna check that out. They gonna drop a dime on me, call 911. And you know with my jacket I can't go back to jail.

Yo's jacket shows possession with intent, possession of unlicensed firearm, and assault, for which he still owes three years.

5

In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.

verb

1

To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.

‘None of your gab, I tell you! If you speak another word, I'll have you jacketed[…]!’

2

To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.

...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.

By jacketting the mercury tube determinations can be made at any temperature desired.

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