A wide sleeve, once worn by women. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The sleeve below the elbow. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Costume) A funnel-shaped sleeve arranged to show the sleeve lining and an inner sleeve. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. A sleeve joined to the body of a garment by a long slanting seam starting at the neck and continuing around the armhole. Contrasted to a set-in sleeve. [ PJC ]
n. A sleeve joined to the body of a garment by a seam starting at the edge of the shoulder and continuing around the armhole. Contrasted to a raglan sleeve. [ PJC ]
v. t.
n. See Sleave, untwisted thread. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. sleeve, sleve, AS. sl&unr_;fe, sl&unr_;fe; akin to sl&unr_;fan to put on, to clothe; cf. OD. sloove the turning up of anything, sloven to turn up one's sleeves, sleve a sleeve, G. schlaube a husk, pod. ]
The Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a McIntire joint. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
Sleeve button,
Sleeve links,
To laugh in the sleeve
To laugh up one's sleeve
To pinon the sleeve of,
To hang on the sleeve of
a. Having sleeves; furnished with sleeves; -- often in composition;
n. (Zool.) A squid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ AS. slēfleás. ]
The vexation of a sleeveless errand. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another, [ 1913 Webster ]