3. (American).—A folded paper, or open envelope containing documents,
endorsed without as to the contents; a docket.
Verb. (old).—1. To cheat; to swindle; to betray.
1819. De Vaux, Memoirs, s.v. Jacket.... This term is ... properly
applied to removing a man by underhand and vile means from any
berth or situation he enjoys, commonly with a view to supplant him.
1823. Grose (3rd ed.), Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
2. (common).—To thrash; to beat. Also to trim (or dust or lace) one’s
jacket. For synonyms see Baste and Tan. See Jacketting.
d. 1704. Lestrange [quoted by Johnson 1755]. She fell upon the
jacket of the parson, who stood gaping at her.
1845. Buckstone, Green Bushes, i., 1. I’ll dust your jacket if you
do that again.
3. (American).—To enclose (a document) after scheduling within it other
papers relating to the same subject; to docket.
1888. The American, 16 May. Another record was made in the book of
the office of letters received and jacketted.