Hippocratic sleeves

A form of Hippocratic sleeve — A conical strainer of fine cloth used in the preparation of hippocras. It can made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Hippocratic sleeve
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