sleevehand
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
sleevehand (plural sleevehands)
- (obsolete) The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband.
- c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, act 4, scene 4:
- you would think a / smock were a she-angel, he so chants to the sleevehand / and the work about the square on't.