Topic: RECORDING
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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | jaquet, from jaque 'short coat', probably from jacque 'poor farmer', from the male name Jacques 'James' |
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jack‧et S2 W3
[countable]
[countable]2 the part of a suit that covers the top part of your body : 
Gene has to wear a jacket and tie to work.tweed jackets ➔ sports jacket
Gene has to wear a jacket and tie to work.tweed jackets3TCN a stiff piece of folded paper that fits over the cover of a book to protect it [= dust jacket]
4 American EnglishTCRD a stiff paper cover that protects a record [= sleeve British English]
5 a cover that surrounds and protects some types of machines
