acton: Meaning and Definition of

ac•ton

1. a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.

Ac•ton

1. (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron), 1834–1902, English historian.
2. a former municipal borough in SE England, now part of the London borough of Ealing: center of Puritanism at the time of Cromwell.
3. a city in NE Massachusetts. 17,544.