Sleeve

Picken, Mary Brooks: The Fashion Dictionary, Funk and Wagnalls, 1957. Other meanings:. Oxford English Dictionary. There are many types of stitches, including:. In technical usage a sleeve is a tube into which another tube is inserted, which in the case of small tubes is called a thimble. In embroidery and sewing: a method of securing thread into textiles. There are many other proverbial and metaphorical expressions associated with the sleeve, such as to wear one's heart upon one's sleeve, and to laugh in one's sleeve. Stitch may refer to:.

Where the long hanging sleeve is worn it has, as still in China and Japan, been used as a pocket, whence has come the phrase to have up one's sleeve, to have something concealed ready to produce. Stitches: The Journal of Medical Humour, a Canadian humour magazine. Various survivals of the early forms of sleeve are still found in the different types of academic or other robes. Lilo gives the name "Stitch" to Experiment 626 in the film. The pattern of the sleeve is one of the characteristics of fashion in dress, varying in every country and period. Lilo & Stitch, a Disney movie. Dutch sloof) is that part of a garment which covers the arm, or through which the arm passes or slips. "Stitch and glue", a DIY method.

slieve, or slyf, a word allied to slip, cf. Suture, a medical stitch. Eng. Side stitch, an intense stabbing pain during exercise. Sleeve (O. Lock stitch. 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 tailored garments. Embroidery stitch.

Set-in sleeve, a sleeve sewn into an armhole (armscye). Cross-stitch. Raglan sleeve, a sleeve that extends to the neckline. Chain stitch. Puffed or puff sleeve, a short, full sleeve gathered at the top and bottom, now most often seen on children's clothing. Paned sleeve, a sleeve made in panes or panels, allowing a lining or shirt-sleeve to show through (16th and 17 centuries).

Pagoda sleeve, a wide, bell-shaped sleeve popular in the 1860s, worn over an engageante or false undersleeve. 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. Hanging sleeve, a sleeve that opens down the side or front, or at the elbow, to allow the arm to pass through (16th century). 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.

Dolman sleeve, a long sleeve that is very wide at the top and narrow at the wrist. Cap sleeve, a very short sleeve not extending below armpit level. Bishop sleeve, a long sleeve, fuller at the bottom than the top, and gathered into a cuff (1940s). Also known as a "magyar" sleeve.

Batwing sleeve, a long sleeve with a very deep armhole, tapering towards the wrist.