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Sleeve   /sliv/   Listen
noun
Sleeve  n.  See Sleave, untwisted thread.


Sleeve  n.  
1.
The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown.
2.
A narrow channel of water. (R.) "The Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve."
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.
4.
(Elec.) A double tube of copper, in section like the figure 8, 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.
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.


verb
Sleeve  v. t.  (past & past part. sleeved; pres. part. sleeving)  To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.





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"Sleeve" Quotes from Famous Books



... he went on. 'When they throned you queen of them all because you were so proud and still, and had such a high untroubled head; and when your sleeve was in my helm, and my heart in your lap, and men fallen to my spear were sent to kneel before you—what caused your cheek to burn and your eyes to shine ...
— The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay • Maurice Hewlett
... family did say that the Earl of Torrington was a bastard, [she] did think herself concerned to tell the Duke of Albemarle of it, and did first tell the Duchesse, and was going to tell the old man, when the Duchesse pulled her back by the sleeve, and hindered her, swearing to her that if he should hear it, he would certainly kill the servant that should be found to have said it, and therefore prayed her to hold her peace. One thing more he told me, which is, that Garraway is come to town, and is thinking how to bring the House to ...
— Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete • Samuel Pepys
... room opened and a young-looking woman, dressed in a pleasant green uniform, came in and turned up the light. On her sleeve she wore the badge of geriatrician, with the motto, "To Care for ...
— Life Sentence • James McConnell
... on up to the gate. Jim said: "In our school town the girls are all crazy for brass buttons. They make hatpins and things. If you'd like a button, I'd like to give you one—off my sleeve." ...
— Missy • Dana Gatlin
... and two gun-bearers accompanied me, and we sat behind an immense tree that grew on the bank, exactly about the drinking place. I watched for hours, until I fell asleep, as did my men likewise: my wife alone was awake, and a sudden tug at my sleeve attracted my attention. The moon was bright, and she had heard a noise upon the branches of the tree above us: there were no leaves, therefore I quickly observed some large animal upon a thick bough. My Tokrooris had awoke, and they declared it to be a baboon. I knew this to be impossible, ...
— The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia • Samuel W. Baker


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