sleevehand

noun

sleevehand

noun

Etymology From sleeve + hand.

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Obsolete The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband.

  • you would think a / smock were a she-angel, he so chants to the sleevehand / and the work about the square on't.c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, act 4, scene 4:

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