steam jacket

American  

noun

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

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steam jacket British  

noun

1. engineering a jacket containing steam that surrounds and heats a cylinder

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Other Word Forms

• steam-jacketed adjective

Etymology

Origin of steam jacket

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The cylinder, made in four pieces, is built up on Mr. W. Inglis's patent arrangement, with separate liner and steam jacket casing and separate end valve chambers.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 by 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.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 by Various

Cylinders should have a steam jacket, and be felted and planted,   should have escape valves.

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.

The water of condensation of a steam jacket should not be allowed to accumulate in any part of the jacket, but should drain off and pass back to the boiler.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The melting pan is an iron vessel, of various sizes, capable of holding from 28 lbs. to 3 cwt., heated by a steam jacket, or by a water-bath.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus