Sleeve
[sliːv] or [sliv]
Definition
(noun.) the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm.
(noun.) small case into which an object fits.
Edited by Enrico--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) See Sleave, untwisted thread.
(n.) The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown.
(n.) A narrow channel of water.
(n.) A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts.
(n.) A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel.
(n.) A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes.
(v. t.) To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.
Checked by Jean
Definition
n. the part of a garment which covers the arm: a tube into which a rod or other tube is inserted.—v.t. to furnish with sleeves.—ns. Sleeve′-band (Shak.) the wristband; Sleeve′-butt′on a button or stud for the wristband or cuff.—adjs. Sleeved furnished with sleeves; Sleeve′less without sleeves.—ns. Sleeve′-link two buttons &c. joined by a link for holding together the two edges of the cuff or wristband; Sleeve′-nut a double-nut for attaching the joint-ends of rods or tubes; Sleeve′-waist′coat Sleeved′-waist′coat a waistcoat with long sleeves worn by porters boots &c.—Hang on the sleeve to be dependent on some one; Have in one's sleeve to have in readiness for any emergency; Laugh in one's sleeve to laugh behind one's sleeve to laugh privately or unperceived; Leg-of-mutton sleeve a woman's sleeve full in the middle tight at arm-hole and wrist.
Typist: Louis
Examples
- Miss Feeley must have left it on the bed, and it got caught in the clothes, and so got in my sleeve. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He cleared his vision with his sleeve, and the melting mood over, a very stern one followed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I believe, Mr. Holmes, that you have already made up your mind, said Miss Stoner, laying her hand upon my companion's sleeve. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And--dash it--old chap, give him these gold sleeve-buttons: it's all I've got. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- How could it a got caught in my sleeve? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But I was after him in an instant and caught him by the sleeve. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was a star in a box on his sleeve because he was a major. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mr. Grubble was standing in his shirt-sleeves at the door of his very clean little tavern waiting for me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His shirt-sleeves were turned up at the wrists, but no higher. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I always feel that to live up to them would include wearing book-muslin with gigot sleeves. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- On the ends of the shafts of the bottom and top rolls there were cylindrical sleeves, or bearings, having seven sheaves in which was run a half-inch endless wire rope. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Snagsby pulls off his sleeves and his grey coat, pulls on his black coat, takes his hat from its peg. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But this latter Utopian object (in short sleeves) always appeared to be the great inoffensive aim of her existence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The sleeves of my blue dress were all worn out, and Meg put in new ones, but the full front came wrong and they are more blue than the dress. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The sergeant lay in his dirty long-sleeved underwear. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- In our shirt-sleeved republic no such power exists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Occasionally he has exhibited a rather amateurish effort to be grimy and shirt-sleeved. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Checker: Rosalind