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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.]