Jacketing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Material used to make jackets. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A protective or insulating cover for an object; a jacket. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A thrashing; a beating. UK, archaic, countable, dialectal

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of jacket form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"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."

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