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Sleeve
Sleeve
,Noun.
[OE.
sleeve
, sleve
, AS. sl[GREEK]fe
, sl[GREEK]fe
; akin to sl[GREEK]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.] 1.
The part of a garment which covers the arm;
as, the
. sleeve
of a coat or a gownChaucer.
2.
A narrow channel of water.
[R.]
The Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the
Sleeve
. Drayton.
3.
(Mach.)
(a)
A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts.
(b)
A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel.
(c)
A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes.
Sleeve button
, a detachable button to fasten the wristband or cuff.
– Sleeve links
, two bars or buttons linked together, and used to fasten a cuff or wristband.
– To laugh in the sleeve
or
To laugh up one's sleeve
to laugh privately or unperceived, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at; that is, perhaps, originally, by hiding the face in the wide sleeves of former times.
– To pinon the sleeve of
, or To hang on the sleeve of
to be, or make, dependent upon.
Sleeve
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sleeved
(slēvd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sleeving
.] To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into;
as, to
. sleeve
a coatWebster 1828 Edition
Sleeve
SLEEVE
,1.
The part of a garment that is fitted to cover the arm; as the sleeve of a coat or gown.2.
The raveled sleeve of car, in Shakespeare. [See Sleave.]Definition 2024
sleeve
sleeve
English
Straight sleeve
Noun
sleeve (plural sleeves)
- The part of a garment that covers the arm. [from 10th c.]
- The sleeves on my coat are too long.
- A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc. [from 19th c.]
- A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents; also the analogous leaflet found in a packaged CD. [from 20th c.]
- A tattoo covering the whole arm.
- A narrow channel of water.
- Drayton
- the Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve
- Drayton
- sleave; untwisted thread.
- (British Columbia) A serving of beer measuring between 14 and 16 ounces.
- (US) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers.
- 2012, Half A Sleeve Of Oreos Lost In House Fire", The Onion, May 5, 2012:
- A three-alarm fire tore through a family home on Newark's East Side early Saturday morning, completely gutting the two-story residence and tragically claiming a half-sleeve of Oreo cookies that was trapped inside a cupboard.
- 2012, Half A Sleeve Of Oreos Lost In House Fire", The Onion, May 5, 2012:
- (electrical) A double tube of copper into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube is twisted an electrical connection is made. The joint thus made is called a McIntire joint.
Derived terms
Terms derived from sleeve
Translations
part of a garment that covers the arm
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mechanical covering or lining
record cover
Verb
sleeve (third-person singular simple present sleeves, present participle sleeving, simple past and past participle sleeved)
- (transitive) to fit a sleeve to
Translations
to fit a sleeve to
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