Pudding-sleeve
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A large bulging sleeve, like that of the English clergy's gown.
"His grazier's coat fall dovvn his heels: / He ſees, yet hardly can believe, / About each arm a pudding-ſleeve; / His vvaistcoat to a caſſock grevv / And both aſſum'd a ſable hue"
Example
More examples"His grazier's coat fall dovvn his heels: / He ſees, yet hardly can believe, / About each arm a pudding-ſleeve; / His vvaistcoat to a caſſock grevv / And both aſſum'd a ſable hue"
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