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present participle and gerund of jacket examples
countable and uncountable, plural jacketings
(countable, uncountable) Material used to make jackets. examples
(countable, uncountable) A protective or insulating cover for an object; a jacket. examples
(countable, UK, dialect, archaic) A thrashing; a beating. quotations
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.], page 15