A sleeve ( Old English : slīef , a word allied to slip , cf. Dutch sloof ) is the part of a garment that covers the arm , or through which the arm passes or slips.
6-410: A jacket is a garment for the upper body, usually extending below the hips. A jacket typically has sleeves and fastens in the front or slightly on the side. A jacket is generally lighter, tighter-fitting, and less insulating than a coat , which is outerwear . Some jackets are fashionable , while others serve as protective clothing . Jackets without sleeves are vests . The word jacket comes from
12-420: A type of pocket, from which the phrase "to have up one's sleeve" (to have something concealed ready to produce) comes. 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". Early Western medieval sleeves were cut straight, and underarm triangle-shaped gussets were used to provide ease of movement. In
18-500: Is ultimately loaned from Arabic shakk (شكّ) , which in turn loaned from Aramean / Assyrian and Hebrew shaḳḳ (שַׁקּ) . [REDACTED] Media related to Jackets at Wikimedia Commons Sleeve The sleeve is a characteristic of fashion seen in almost every country and time period, across a myriad of styles of dress. Styles vary from close-fitting to the arm, to relatively unfitted and wide sleeves, some with extremely wide cuffs. Long, hanging sleeves have been used variously as
24-513: The 14th century, the rounded sleeve cap was invented, allowing a more fitted sleeve to be inserted, with ease around the sleeve head and a wider cut at the back allowing for wider movement. Throughout the 19th century and particularly during the Victorian era in Western culture, the sleeves on women's dress at times became extremely wide, rounded or otherwise gathered and 'puffy', necessitating
30-522: The French word jaquette . The term comes from the Middle French noun jaquet , which refers to a small or lightweight tunic . In Modern French , jaquette is synonymous with jacket . Speakers of American English sometimes informally use the words jacket and coat interchangeably. The word is cognate with Spanish jaco and Italian giacca or giacchetta , first recorded around 1350s. It
36-500: The need for sleeve supports worn inside a garment to support the shape of the sleeve. Various early styles of Western sleeve are still found in types of academic dress . Sleeve length varies in modern times from barely over the shoulder ( cap sleeve ) to floor-length (as seen in the Japanese furisode ). Most contemporary shirt sleeves end somewhere between the mid-upper arm and the wrist. The medieval sleeve or set-in sleeve
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