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hanging sleeve

hanging sleeve noun: a loose sleeve that hangs down from the arm, formerly worn particularly by children.

Noun

hanging sleeve (plural hanging sleeves)

  1. (historical) A loose sleeve that hangs down from the arm, formerly worn particularly by children.
    • the uncontroul'd, Termagant Spirit, which has been since so conspicuously display'd, was visibly perceiv'd in the little Vixen when but in Hanging-Sleeves, she being even at those callow Years, haughty and impatient of Contradiction.1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section I

Forms of hanging sleeve

pluralhanging sleeves

Questions about hanging sleeve

What does hanging sleeve mean?
Hanging sleeve means a loose sleeve that hangs down from the arm, formerly worn particularly by children.
What part of speech is hanging sleeve?
Hanging sleeve is a noun.
What is the plural of hanging sleeve?
The plural of hanging sleeve is hanging sleeves.

Words near hanging sleeve in the dictionary

  1. hanging rice
  2. Hanging Rock
  3. hanging round
  4. hanging side
  5. hanging sides
  6. hanging sleeve
  7. hanging sleeves
  8. hanging stile
  9. hanging stiles
  10. hanging ten
  11. hanging the moon

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