English

Noun

hanging sleeve ‎(plural hanging sleeves)

1. (now historical) A loose sleeve that hangs down from the arm, formerly associated particularly with children.
   • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, I:

     the uncontroul'd, Termagant Spirit, which has been since so conspicuously display'd, was visibly perceiv'd in the little Vixen when but in Hanging-Sleeves, she being even at those callow Years, haughty and impatient of Contradiction.