Sleeve

Picken, Mary Brooks: The Fashion Dictionary, Funk and Wagnalls, 1957. . Oxford English Dictionary. Smith can mean:. 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. Smithsonian. 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. Smithson.

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. Smithville. Various survivals of the early forms of sleeve are still found in the different types of academic or other robes. Smithland. The pattern of the sleeve is one of the characteristics of fashion in dress, varying in every country and period. Smithfield. Dutch sloof) is that part of a garment which covers the arm, or through which the arm passes or slips. Smith (crater on Mars).

slieve, or slyf, a word allied to slip, cf. Smith (lunar crater). Eng. Alas Smith and Jones, a 1980s television comedy sketch series on BBC (a pun on Alias Smith and Jones). Sleeve (O. Alias Smith and Jones, a 1970s television comedy series on ABC. 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. The Smiths, an eponymous album by the aforementioned English band.

Set-in sleeve, a sleeve sewn into an armhole (armscye). Smith (rock group), a 1960s American rock band. Raglan sleeve, a sleeve that extends to the neckline. The Smiths, an English rock band. Puffed or puff sleeve, a short, full sleeve gathered at the top and bottom, now most often seen on children's clothing. Smith River in western USA. Paned sleeve, a sleeve made in panes or panels, allowing a lining or shirt-sleeve to show through (16th and 17 centuries). Smith Islands National Park in Queensland, Australia.

Pagoda sleeve, a wide, bell-shaped sleeve popular in the 1860s, worn over an engageante or false undersleeve. Lewis Smith Lake, a very large river reservoir in Alabama. 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. Smith (The Matrix), a fictional character from the Matrix movie trilogy. Hanging sleeve, a sleeve that opens down the side or front, or at the elbow, to allow the arm to pass through (16th century). The Smith Family, an Australian charity for disadvantaged children. 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. Smith, a 1932 novel by Warwick Deeping.

Dolman sleeve, a long sleeve that is very wide at the top and narrow at the wrist. W H Smith, a high street chain of bookshops in the United Kingdom. Cap sleeve, a very short sleeve not extending below armpit level. Smith & Wesson, a manufacturer of handguns. Bishop sleeve, a long sleeve, fuller at the bottom than the top, and gathered into a cuff (1940s). Smiths Group, a British engineering company. Also known as a "magyar" sleeve. Smith College, an American liberal arts college located in Massachusetts.

Batwing sleeve, a long sleeve with a very deep armhole, tapering towards the wrist. Smith (metalwork), a craftsman who works in metal. Smiths Station, Alabama. Smith Village, Oklahoma. Smith Valley, Nevada.

Smith Township, Pennsylvania. Smith Mills, Massachusetts. Smith Island, Maryland. Smith County, Texas.

Smith County, Tennessee. Smith County, Mississippi. Smith County, Kansas. Smith Center, Kansas.

Redbird Smith, Oklahoma. Fort Smith, Montana. Fort Smith, Arkansas. Deaf Smith County, Texas.

Other family names have the same meaning as "Smith": Ferrere, French; Ferraro, Italian; Herraro, Spanish; Kovacs, Czech/Slovak; Kuznetsov, Russian; Schmidt, German, Smid, Dutch; Kowal, Kowalski and Kowalczyk, Polish. See List of people by name: Smith. Smith (surname), a very common family name.