sleeve Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
    arm.
  2. noun small case into which an object fits

WordNet

Sleeve noun
Definitions
  1. See Sleave, untwisted thread.
Sleeve noun
Etymology
OE. sleeve, sleve, AS. slfe, slfe; akin to slfan 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.
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sleeved ; present participle & verbal noun Sleeving
Definitions
  1. To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.

Webster 1913