jacketing

(slang, archaic) To give someone a beating.

Archaic British slang meaning to give someone a beating or thrashing. The phrase uses the humorous pretence of 'dusting' a jacket — knocking the dust out of it — as a euphemism for punching and hitting someone. It belongs to the colourful vocabulary of 19th-century slang for physical punishment.

A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.).