dust jacket

noun

1. book jacket.

dust jacket

noun

1. a removable paper cover used to protect a bound book Also calledbook jacketjacket

Word History and Origins

Origin of dust jacket¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

After watching the Los Angeles Open inspiration struck and he sketched the initial design for a new putter on the first thing he could find, the dust jacket of an old vinyl record.

From BBC

Consider applying a Mylar dust jacket cover to books that warrant special protection.

From New York Times

He attended Santa Monica High School, and, according to a dust jacket biography from one of his books, enlisted in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

I picked out a half-dozen books, starting with a 1949 first American edition in dust jacket of Nancy Mitford’s comic novel, “Love in a Cold Climate.”

From Washington Post

When he went to college, he’d tack the tattered dust jacket to the bulletin board in his dorm room.

From New York Times