sleeving

Variant of sleeve

sleeve definition

sleeve (slēv)

noun

  1. that part of a garment that covers an arm or part of an arm
  2. a tube or tubelike part fitting over or around another part
  3. a thin paper or plastic cover for protecting a phonograph record, usually within a jacket ()
  4. a drogue towed by an airplane for target practice

Etymology: ME sleve < OE sliefe, akin to Du sloof, apron: for IE base see slip

transitive verb sleeved, sleeving sleev′·ing

to provide or fit with a sleeve or sleeves
sleeve Idioms

up one's sleeve

hidden or secret but ready at hand

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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