- ''Batwing sleeve'', a long sleeve with a very deep armhole, tapering towards the wrist. Also known as a "magyar" 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
- ''Pagoda sleeve'', a wide, bell-shaped sleeve popular in the 1860s , worn over an Engageante or false undersleeve
- ''Paned sleeve'', a sleeve made in ''panes'' or panels, allowing a lining or shirt-sleeve to show through ( 16th and 17th 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 Tailor ed garments
In technical usage a is a Tube into which another tube is Inserted , which in the case of small tubes is called a Thimble .
A is also a liner for the Cylinder of an engine.
Oxford English Dictionary
Picken, Mary Brooks: ''The Fashion Dictionary'', Funk and Wagnalls, 1957.
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