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   sleeve

   /sliːv/

   noun

   • 1. the part of a garment that wholly or partly covers a person's arm: "a shirt with the sleeves rolled up"
   • 2. a protective paper or cardboard cover for a record, CD, or DVD: "an album sleeve"
   • ▪ a protective or connecting tube fitting over or enclosing a rod, spindle, or smaller tube.
   • 3. a windsock.
   • ▪ a drogue towed by an aircraft.

   Word Origin Old Englishslēfe, slīef(e), slȳf; related to Middle Dutch sloove ‘covering’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sleeved adjective

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