Jacketing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Material used to make jackets. countable, uncountable
- 2 A protective or insulating cover for an object; a jacket. countable, uncountable
- 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 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."