sleeve
English
/sliːv/
noun
Definitions
- The part of a garment that covers the arm.
- A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc.
- A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents; also the analogous leaflet found in a packaged CD.
- A tattoo covering the whole arm.
- A narrow channel of water.
- sleave; untwisted thread.
- (British Columbia) A serving of beer measuring between 14 and 16 ounces.
- (US) A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers.
- (electrical) A double tube of copper 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sleve inherited from Old English slīef.
Origin
Old English
slīef
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besleeve English
- cock English
- cocksleeve English
- face English
- foresleeve English
- hand English
- holder English
- link English
- longsleeved English
- maker English
- making English
- oversleeve English
- polysleeve English
- sleeve-link English
- sleeved English
- sleeveface English
- sleevehand English
- sleeveholder English
- sleeveless English
- sleevelessness English
- sleevelet English
- sleevelike English
- sleevemaker English
- sleevemaking English
- undersleeve English
- unsleeved English
- Schlaube German
- sloof Dutch, Flemish
- スリーブ Japanese
- sliefleas Old English
- slīef Old English
- *sleved Middle English
- foresleve Middle English
- sleve Middle English
- slevelees Middle English
- slove Middle Dutch
- slūwe German Low German