jacketing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of jacket

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Material used to make jackets.
2. (countable, uncountable)A protective or insulating cover for an object; a jacket.
3. (UK, archaic, countable, dialectal)A thrashing; a beating.

   “When they come home I'm more than half inclined to give them a good jacketing, but I'm glad to see them, and perhaps none the less because they cost me so much.”