sleeve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sliːv/
rhymes: -iːv
Forms: form: sleeves
Etymology: From Middle English sleve, slefe, from Old English slīef and slīefe (“sleeve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sleeuwe (“sleeve”), West Frisian slúf, Dutch sloof (“apron”), Low German sluve, dialectal German Schlaube.
The Canadian sense of “measure smaller than a pint” is due to a former conflict between federal law and provincial law in British Columbia. According to federal law, a pint must be 20 imperial ounces (~568 ml), but according to provincial law at the time, the maximum individual serving size was 500 ml, so an individual portion could not be called a “pint” in British Columbia, and required a different term. The provincial law has been changed, allowing servings of up to 24 oz (~682 ml), but the term remains in use. The term sleeve itself for a cylindrical glass of beer is also found in the UK and Australia (as sleever), and may be due to stacked glasses resembling a sleeve.
Senses: examples: text: The sleeves on my coat are too long.
glosses: The part of a garment that covers the arm.
examples: text: This bearing requires a sleeve so the shaft will fit snugly.
glosses: A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc.
glosses: 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.
glosses: A tattoo covering the whole arm.
examples: text: Even from Southhampton ' s shore through Wilts and Somerset The Attrebates in Bark unto the bank of Tames Betwixt the Celtic sleeve and the Sabrinian streams
ref: 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A narrow channel of water.
glosses: Sleave; untwisted thread.
examples: text: For example, you may serve a patron a 12 oz sleeve of beer and a 5 oz glass of wine (or alternately 1.5 oz spirits) at the same time.
ref: 2022 June, Manufacturer Terms and Conditions:
glosses: A serving of beer smaller than a pint, typically measuring between 12 and 16 ounces.
examples: text: A three-alarm fire tore through a family home on Newark's East Side early Saturday morning, completely gutting the two-story residence and tragically claiming a half-sleeve of Oreo cookies that was trapped inside a cupboard.
ref: 2012, Half A Sleeve Of Oreos Lost In House Fire", The Onion, May 5, 2012
glosses: A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers, or a similar package of disposable drinking cups.
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glosses: 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.
Derived terms: aces up one's sleeve
ace up one's sleeve
angel sleeve
bell sleeve
besleeve
besleeved
bishop sleeve
butterfly sleeve
cap sleeve
carry one's heart on one's sleeve
carry one's heart upon one's sleeve
cold shoulder sleeve
cupsleeve
drop sleeve
elbow sleeve
foresleeve
gigot sleeve
hanging sleeve
Hippocrates' sleeve
Hippocrates sleeve
Hippocratic sleeve
in one's sleeve
Juliet sleeve
kimono sleeve
lank sleeve
lantern sleeve
laugh in one's sleeve
laugh up one's sleeve
lawn sleeves
leg-of-mutton sleeve
leg-o'-mutton sleeve
longsleeved
magyar sleeve
nothing-up-my-sleeve number
oversleeve
pagoda sleeve
penis sleeve
penny sleeve
poet sleeve
pudding sleeve
pudding-sleeve
put one's heart on one's sleeve
record sleeve
roll up one's sleeves
sea-sleeve
set-in sleeve
shirt sleeve
shirt-sleeve
shirtsleeves
sleeve board
sleeve-button
sleeveface
sleeve garter
sleeve gun
sleevehand
sleeve-holder
sleeveholder
sleeve holder
sleeveless
sleevelike
sleeve-link
sleevemaker
sleevemaking
sleeve notes
sleeve nut
sleeve tattoo
trick up one's sleeve
trunk sleeve
two-piece sleeve
undersleeve
unsleeved
up one's sleeve
virago sleeve
wear one's heart on one's sleeve
wear one's heart upon one's sleeve
wear on one's sleeve
wear something on one's sleeve
wind sleeve
wizard's sleeve