sleeve knot (slevnot)

A knot or bow of ribbon attached to the sleeve. Compare shoul der-knot. sleevele (slēv'les), a. [ We give you leave to converse with sleevele gowns and threadbare ca ocks, Randolph, Hey for Honesty, ii. 4. 2. Imperfect; inadequate; fruitle ; unprofitable; bootle . [The original turn of thought in this use of sleevele is uncertain. The use remains only in the phrase a sleevele errand, where the connection of the adjective with sleevele in def. 1 is no longer recognized.] Neither faine for thy selfe any sleeuele e excuse, whereby thou maist tarrye. Lyly , Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 114. A sleevele errand. Shak., T. and C., v. 4. 9. [He] will walk seven or eight times a-day through the see her. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 499. street where she dwells, and make sleevele errands to sleeve-link (slēv'lingk), n. Two buttons, plates, or bars united by a link or short chain, and serving to hold together the two edges of the cuff or wristband: a common adjunct of men's dre in the nineteenth century. Compare sleeve - button.