Category:Sleeve

Sleeve, n.

Defn: see sleave, untwisted thread.

Sleeve Sleeve, n. Etym: [oe. sleeve, sleve, as. sl, sl; akin to sl 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 gown. Chaucer.

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, 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 pin, or hang, on the sleeve of, to be, or make, dependent Upon.

Sleeve Sleeve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sleeved; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeving.]

Defn: to furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a Coat.