Definitionen
1.NounA piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
2.NounA piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat
3.NounA protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
4.NounA police record.
5.NounIn ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
6.NounThe tough outer skin of a baked potato."Cook the potatoes in their jackets."
7.NounA bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that he is not the child’s biological father.
8.NounA vest ; a waistcoat .
9.VerbTo confine (someone) to a straitjacket. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
10.VerbTo enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.