bishop sleeve

noun

A long sleeve, fuller at the bottom than the top, and gathered into a cuff; formerly worn by women.

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Meanings

nounbishop sleeve (plural bishop sleeves)

plural bishop sleeves

  1. A long sleeve, fuller at the bottom than the top, and gathered into a cuff; formerly worn by women.

    Her hands […] succeed in flaunting the fashionable tight cuffs of her bishop sleeves.

    2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), pages 280–281
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APA

bishop sleeve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bishop%20sleeve

MLA

“bishop sleeve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bishop%20sleeve. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bishop sleeve,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bishop%20sleeve.

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