Sleeve (O. Eng. slieve, or slyf, a word allied to slip, cf. Dutch sloof) is that part of a garment which covers the arm, or through which the arm passes or slips. The pattern of the sleeve is one of the characteristics of fashion in dress, varying in every country and period. Various survivals of the early forms of sleeve are still found in the different types of academic or other robes. Where the long hanging sleeve is worn it has, as still in China and Japan, been used as a pocket, whence has come the phrase to have up one's sleeve, to have something concealed ready to produce. There are many other proverbial and metaphorical expressions associated with the sleeve, such as to wear one's heart upon one's sleeve, and to laugh in one's sleeve. Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ... In telecommunications, a slip is a positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols. ... Dutch (Nederlands   listen?) is a West Germanic, Low German language spoken worldwide by around 24 million people, mostly in the Netherlands and Belgium. ... (See also List of types of clothing) Introduction Humans often wear articles of clothing (also known as dress, garments or attire) on the body (for the alternative, see nudity). ... Cover may mean: Cover (container), a lid Cover (telecommunications), a communications concealment technique Cover (philately), generic term for envelope or package Cover (law), a remedy for the breach of acontract for the receipt of goods. ... ARM may stand for: Most likely: ARM Ltd (originally Advanced RISC Machines) ARM architecture CPU design or one of its derivatives developed by ARM Ltd (originally called The Acorn RISC Machine) Adjustable rate mortgage Annotated Reference Manual (C++) Artificial rupture of membranes (see amniotic sac) the ISO 3166-1 3... A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment of various types, including: A gown worn as part of the academic dress of faculty or students, especially for ceremonial occasions, such as a convocations or graduations. ...

Types of sleeves

• Batwing sleeve, a long sleeve with a very deep armhole, tapering towards the wrist. Also known as a "maygar" sleeve.
• Bishop sleeve, a long sleeve, fuller at the bottom than the top, and gathered into a cuff (1940s)
• Cap sleeve, a very short sleeve not extending below armpit level
• Dolman sleeve, a long sleeve that is very wide at the top and narrow at the wrist
• Gigot sleeve or leg of mutton sleeve, a sleeve that is extremely wide over the upper arm and narrow from the elbow to the wrist
• Hanging sleeve, a sleeve that opens down the side or front, or at the elbow, to allow the arm to pass through (16th century)
• Juliette sleeve, a long, tight sleeve with a puff at the top, inspired by fashions of the Italian Renaissance and named after Shakespeare's tragic heroine
• Paned sleeve, a sleeve made in panes or panels, allowing a lining or shirt-sleeve to show through (16th and 17 centuries)
• Puffed or puff sleeve, a short, full sleeve gathered at the top and bottom, now most often seen on children's clothing
• Raglan sleeve, a sleeve that extends to the neckline
• Set-in sleeve, a sleeve sewn into an armhole (armscye)
• Two-piece sleeve, a sleeve cut in two pieces, inner and outer, to allow the sleeve to take a slight "L" shape to accommodate the natural bend at the elbow without wrinkling; used in tailored garments

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References

Oxford English Dictionary The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a comprehensive dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). ...

Picken, Mary Brooks: The Fashion Dictionary, Funk and Wagnalls, 1957.