Meaning of hanging sleeve | Babel Free

Definitions

A loose sleeve that hangs down from the arm, formerly worn particularly by children.

historical

Examples

“the uncontroul'd, Termagant Spirit, which has been since so conspicuously display'd, was visibly perceiv'd in the little Vixen when but in Hanging-Sleeves, she being even at those callow Years, haughty and impatient of Contradiction.”

CEFR level