Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A sleeve in a woman's dress, terminating at the elbow.

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Examples

  • His hand crept along her bare forearm and up and partly under the elbow-sleeve.

    CHAPTER I 2010

  • His hand crept along her bare forearm and up and partly under the elbow-sleeve.

    Chapter 1 1913

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