jacketedadj.
/ˈdʒakᵻtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈdʒækədəd/ 1. Covered with or enclosed in a jacket (in various senses of the noun); spec. wearing a jacket.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a jacket
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > wrapped > encased
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Iacketed, tunicatus.
1788 Public Advertiser 16 May Jacketted like a Merry Andrew.
1804 Ann. Rev. 2 575/1 Each district—a jacketted association!
1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 66/1 Jacketed Pans, for soups [etc.].
1947 D. N. Davies in P. I. Smith Pract. Plastics viii. 113/1 Water, an emulsifying agent, and a small percentage of a catalyst such as benzoyl peroxide are heated in a jacketed autoclave.
1960 F. G. Mann & B. C. Saunders Pract. Org. Chem. (ed. 4) ii. 113 The powdered lead formate is placed in the inner tube of an ordinary jacketed condenser, and there held loosely in position by plugs of glass-wool.
2003 Independent 9 Jan. (Review section) 7/2 I don't want jacketed men on horseback thundering across the lawn.
2. In artillery (of a gun or its barrel): having an exterior layer of metal (see jacket n. 12) designed to provide reinforcement against the radial pressures that occur during firing. Now historical and rare.
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1865 A. L. Holley Treat. Ordnance & Armor p. xxxvii. Krupp's jacketed gun burst at Woolwich.
1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Jacketed Gun,..one strengthened by bands fitted or shrunk on to the tube proper.
1910 Jrnl. U.S. Artillery 33 169 This is a barrel recoil gun with liquid brake and spring return. The gun is jacketed.
2012 B. Carruthers German Artillery in Combat (2013) 134 The barrel is jacketed, with easily detachable breech rings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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