Hippocratic sleeve

noun

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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Hippocrates' sleeve
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Meanings

nounHippocratic sleeve (plural Hippocratic sleeves)

plural Hippocratic sleeves

  1. 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.

    Synonyms: Hippocrates' sleeve

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
Hippocrates' sleeve
Also see
hippocrates' sleeve
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Hippocratic sleeve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hippocratic%20sleeve

MLA

“Hippocratic sleeve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hippocratic%20sleeve. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hippocratic sleeve,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hippocratic%20sleeve.

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