jacketing

SayJAK-it-ing/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt.ɪŋ/

Noun pluraljacketings

4 meanings of jacketing

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of jacket. Use this form for the action as it happens or as a name for the action.
The workers are jacketing the hot pipes to keep the heat in.
Jacketing the old boiler saved a lot of energy.
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2
nouncountable or uncountable
A cover that protects something or keeps it warm.
Like a warm coat that keeps a pipe from getting cold.
The pipe's jacketing kept the cold out all winter.
Workers wrapped fresh jacketing around the storage tank.
Similarsheathing, casing, covering, cladding, lagging
3
nouncountable or uncountable
Cloth or fabric used to make jackets.
She bought three yards of wool jacketing for the new coat.
This jacketing is too thin for winter wear.
Similarsuiting, fabric, cloth, material

Less common meaning

4
nounarchaicUKcountable
A hard beating given to someone as a punishment.
Like a hard spanking given for breaking the rules.
His father promised him a good jacketing if he came home late again.
When they come home I'm more than half inclined to give them a good jacketing, but I'm glad to see them, and perhaps none the less because they cost me so much.
1872, Jonathan's Bunkum. [A satire on the Alabama Question.]Here, jacketing means a hard beating given as punishment.
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jacketing is a form of jacket

jacket, verb: To wrap or cover something with a protective layer. Full entry

Forms: jacketjackets he/she/itjacketing -ing formjacketed past tense, past participle
Spelling: jacket → jacketing: add -ing

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