sleev

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sliːv/

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Noun

sleev (plural sleevs)

1. (nonstandard) simplified spelling of sleeve

   • 1991, US Army, Aviation Unit and Intermediate Maintenance^[1], edition Digitized, US Army, published 2009, page BULK-9:

     INSULATION SLEEV ELECTRICAL-PLASTIC, FLEXIBLE, …

   • 2007, KL Narayana, Machine Drawing^[2], New Age International, ISBN 9788122419177, page xiii:

     Cotter Joint with Sleev

References

• Century Dictionary Supplement, Vol. XII, Page 1228, sleev, sleevd

Verb

sleev (third-person singular simple present sleevs, present participle sleeving, simple past and past participle sleevd)

1. (nonstandard) simplified spelling of sleeve

   • 1789, John Bell, “Stanza of Spenser”, in Bell's Classical Arrangment of Fugitive Poetry^[3], edition Digitized, Univ of Michigan, published 2006, page 105:

     His sweeping scythe the white-sleevd mower plies, …

   • 1793, Robert Southey, “Letter 40”, in Lynda Pratt editor, The Collected Letters of Robert Southey^[4], edition HTML, Univ of Maryland, published 2009:

     By thy full sleevd black gown — by thy still blacker heart. / Where Genius nor Virtue possess one small part

   • circa 1820, John Clare, “Poems of the Helpston Period”, in Eric Robinson, David Powell editor, Major Works^[5], Oxford Univ Press, ISBN 9780192805638, published 2004, page 69:

     And short sleevd gown that half to guess reveals …

   • 1897, Thomas Hoccleve, Sir Israel Gollancz, Early English Text Society: Issue 72^[6], edition Digitized, Univ of California, published 2007, page xii:

     … responsibility of long-sleevd retainers defending their lord when he's attackt in the street,...

References

• Century Dictionary Supplement, Vol. XII, Page 1228, sleev, sleevd