Jack

/d͡ʒæk/ · noun

Meaning

A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather..

Definitions by Sense

1. A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
2. A man.
3. A device or utensil.
4. A non-tool object or thing.
5. A plant or animal.
6. (transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
7. (transitive) To raise or increase.
8. To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water, removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid alcoholic portion.

Example Sentences

jack of plate

jack of mail

padded jack

Their horsemen are with jacks for most part clad, / Their horses are both swift of course and strong, / They run on horseback with a slender gad, / And like a speare, but that it is more long.

threescore men in jacks or light coats of mail

The aketon, gambeson, vambasium, and jack were military vestments, calculated for the defence of the body, differing little from each other, except in their names, their materials and construction were nearly the same, the authorities quoted in the notes, shew they were all composed of many folds of linen, stuffed with cotton, wool or hair, quilted, and commonly covered with leather, made of buck or doe skin.

He jacked the car so that he could replace the brake pads.

Large cranes were virtually non-existent in the areas I worked with this truck, so we jacked everything on and off[.]

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Word Forms

• jacks
• jacking
• jacked
• more jack
• most jack
• jak

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