steam jacket

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noun

a casing, as on the cylinder of a steam engine, filled with live steam to keep the interior hot.

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Origin of steam jacket

First recorded in 1830–40

OTHER WORDS FROM steam jacket

steam-jack·et·ed, adjective

Words nearby steam jacket

steam-heated, steam heating, steamie, steaming, steam iron, steam jacket, steam locomotive, steam organ, steampipe, steam point, steampunk

How to use steam jacket in a sentence

It is provided with a steam jacket; and the two ports are 45 millimeters in width by 200 in length.
Scientific American, September 29, 1883 Supplement. No. 404|Various
The wood is inclosed, in a tank kept hot by a steam jacket which surrounds it, as shown.
Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871|Various
The processes employed are very simple, the fresh milk being put into a great copper tank with a steam jacket.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls|Various
The working cylinder is in the form of a liner to the cylinder, thus forming the steam jacket, with a view to future renewal.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882|Various

It may also be caused by the cylinder being unduly cooled, as from water accumulating in a steam jacket.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose

British Dictionary definitions for steam jacket

steam jacket

noun

engineering a jacket containing steam that surrounds and heats a cylinder

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