Sleeve

Definition of Sleeve

Pronunciation: slēvd
a McIntire joint.
n.1.See Sleave, untwisted thread.
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.
The Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve.
- Drayton.
3.(Mach.) A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts.
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
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 pinon the sleeve of
to be, or make, dependent upon.
v. t.1.To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.
[imp. & p. p. Sleeved (slēvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeving.]

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