noun
jacket
An official file of records about a person.
The clerk retrieves the employee's personnel jacket.
Etymology
A jacket is an outer covering. The record sense transfers that name to the cover or folder enclosing a person’s official papers and then to the file itself.
More examples
- Several case jackets filled the cabinet.
- He added the report to the prisoner's jacket.
- The investigator reviewed the old service jacket.
Forms
jacket · jackets