dust jacket

noun

1. book jacket.

dust jacket

noun

1. a removable paper cover used to protect a bound book Also calledbook jacketjacket

Word History and Origins

Origin of dust jacket¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Those factors might keep a book from being “regarded as art with a capital A,” he says, as opposed to books with original characters, thicker paper and dust jackets.

From Washington Post

Churchill is thought to be the very first writer to have his photograph published on a dust jacket.

From The Daily Beast

And Cormoran Strike is a private eye whose company I would share again no matter whose name is on the dust jacket.

From The Daily Beast

In the sense that “vintage” means excellence and maturity, the words fit Connelly like a dust jacket.

From The Daily Beast

Use hardcover books—you can remove the dust jacket, giving it a nice inconspicuous look, not unlike a prayer book.

From The Daily Beast