Jacket vs. Jerkin

Jacketnoun

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

Jacketnoun

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

Jacketnoun

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

Jacketnoun

(slang) A police record.

Jacketnoun

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

Jacketnoun

The tough outer skin of a baked potato.

Jacketverb

(transitive) To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.

Jacketnoun

A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.

Jacketnoun

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.

Jacketnoun

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

Jacketnoun

A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; - called also cork jacket.

Jacketverb

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

Jacketverb

To thrash; to beat.

Jacketnoun

a short coat

Jacketnoun

an outer wrapping or casing;

Jacketnoun

(dentistry) an artificial crown fitted over a broken or decayed tooth

Jacketnoun

the outer skin of a potato

Jacketnoun

the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition

Jacketverb

provide with a thermally non-conducting cover;

Jacketverb

put a jacket on;

Jacket

A jacket is a garment for the upper body, usually extending below the hips. A jacket typically has sleeves, and fastens in the front or slightly on the side.

Jerkinnoun

(historical) A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.

Jerkinnoun

A sleeveless jacket, usually leather; a long waistcoat.

Jerkinnoun

A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.

Jerkinnoun

A male gyrfalcon.

Jerkinnoun

a tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times

Jerkinnoun

a sleeveless jacket.

Jerkinnoun

a man's close-fitting jacket, typically made of leather.