sleeveless

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /ˈsliːvlɪs/

Etymology: From Middle English slevelees, sleveles, from Old English slīeflēas (“sleeveless”), equivalent to sleeve + -less.

Of a garment, having no sleeves.
“She wore a short surcoat of scarlet, cut low around the shoulders, sleeveless, reaching just below her hips, like the tabards worn by medieval heralds. Over it she wore a laced-edged cotta.”
Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; useless.
“a sleeveless errand”
“might send that Greekish / whore-masterly villain with the sleeve back to the / dissembling luxurious drab of a sleeveless errand.”