Jersey vs. Jacket

Jerseynoun

(countable) A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.

Jacketnoun

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

Jerseynoun

(countable) A shirt worn by a member of an athletic team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype.

Jacketnoun

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

Jerseynoun

(uncountable) A type of fabric knit

Jacketnoun

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

Jerseynoun

The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool.

Jacketnoun

(slang) A police record.

Jerseynoun

A kind of knitted jacket; hence, in general, a closefitting jacket or upper garment made of an elastic fabric (as stockinet).

Jacketnoun

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

Jerseynoun

One of a breed of cattle in the Island of Jersey. Jerseys are noted for the richness of their milk.

Jacketnoun

The tough outer skin of a baked potato.

‘Cook the potatoes in their jackets.’;

Jerseynoun

a close-fitting pullover shirt

Jacketverb

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

Jerseynoun

a slightly elastic machine-knit fabric

Jacketnoun

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

Jerseynoun

breed from the island of Jersey

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.

Jerseynoun

the largest of the Channel Islands; population 91,900 (est. 2009); capital, St Helier.

Jacketnoun

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

Jersey

Jersey ( JUR-zee, French: [ʒɛʁzɛ] (listen); Jèrriais: Jèrri [dʒɛri]), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (French: Bailliage de Jersey; Jèrriais: Bailliage dé Jèrri), is an island and self-governing British Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy.

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;

‘phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets’;

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;

‘The tubing needs to be jacketed’;

Jacketverb

put a jacket on;

‘The men were jacketed’;

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.