cuff

cuff ¹

1. a. A fold used as trimming at the bottom of a sleeve.
   b. A band, often having an opening with a button closure, at the bottom of a sleeve.
2. The turned-up fold at the bottom of a trouser leg.
3. The band at the top of a sock.
4. The part of a glove that extends over the wrist.
5. A handcuff.
6. Medicine An inflatable band, usually wrapped around the upper arm, that is used along with a sphygmomanometer in measuring arterial blood pressure.

1. To form a cuff or cuffs on.
2. To put handcuffs on.

Origin: Middle English cuffe, mitten.

cuff ²

Origin: Origin unknown.