jac·o·net (j?k??-n?t?)n. A lightweight cotton cloth resembling lawn used for clothing and bandages.[From Urdu jagann?th?, after Jagannath (Puri), a town of eastern India.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.jaconet (?d?æk?n?t) n (Textiles) a light cotton fabric used for clothing, bandages, etc[C18: from Urdu jagann?th?, from Jagann?thp?r?, India, where it was originally made]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014jac?o?net (?d?æk ??n?t) n. 1. a lightweight cotton fabric used in the manufacture of clothing and bandages. 2. a cotton fabric with one glazed surface, used in bookbinding. [1760?70;