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water-jacket

[waw-ter-jak-it, wot-er-]
verb (used with object)
  1. to surround or fit with a water jacket.
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Origin of water-jacket

First recorded in 1875–80

water jacket

noun
  1. a water-filled casing or compartment used to water-cool something, as an engine or machine gun.
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Origin of water jacket

First recorded in 1865–70
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Examples from the Web for water-jacket

Historical Examples

  • Fixed: a barrel-casing, which is also a water-jacket, and breech-casing.

    The Romance of Modern Invention

    Archibald Williams

  • A double cylinder formed a water-jacket, connected with a water and steam chamber above, and a water-chamber below.

    Automobile Biographies

    Lyman Horace Weeks

  • The loss of heat through the water-jacket is thus less in the case of a high-compression than in that of a low-compression motor.

    Aviation Engines

    Victor Wilfred Pag

  • It does not heat fast, so has no need of a water-jacket, any surplus heat being removed by a system of radiation.

  • He pulled the Maxim's block and threw it away; shot the water-jacket full of holes.

    Triplanetary

    Edward Elmer Smith

British Dictionary definitions for water-jacket

water jacket

noun
  1. a water-filled envelope or container surrounding a machine, engine, or part for cooling purposes, esp the casing around the cylinder block of a pump or internal-combustion engineCompare air jacket
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