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The lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg
Answer for the clue "The lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg ", 4 letters:
cuff
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cuff is the surname of: Sports John Cuff (baseball) (1864–1916), baseball player Leonard Cuff (1866–1954), New Zealand cricketer and all-round sportsman, and sports administrator Will Cuff (1868–1949), chairman of Everton Football Club, England Ward Cuff ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to put a cuff on," 1690s, from cuff (n.). Related: Cuffed ; cuffing .\n
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. hit with the hand [syn: whomp ] confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime" [syn: manacle , handcuff ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cuff \Cuff\, n. A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap. Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff. --Spenser. Many a bitter kick and cuff. --Hudibras.
Usage examples of cuff.
The boy smiled up at him, and now Alee smiled back and cuffed his ear, then they stepped out into the driving rain.
The black armazine gown, equipped with long, tight sleeves that would have been considered screamingly out of mode at Court, was bordered at the collar, cuffs, and hem with wide bands of black ducape stitched with winged crescents in silver.
The whole relief of the costume was white: white sash, white cuffs turned back, white collar, white rosette and band, white and red bandeau, and the faint glitter of a white shirt.
The biologist would occasionally rub at the frosted glass of a tank with the cuff of his sleeve, peer inside, and mutter.
She whiffed up the cuff, listened to the brachial pulse as the pressure was slowly released.
With an open palm, she cuffed the man on top of Bugget on the side of the head.
I was just shutting up my cash-box when Zenobia came in with my lace cuffs.
Two days later, as I was buying a pair of lace cuffs, the princess came into the shop with Count Zinzendorf, whom I had known at Paris twelve years before.
I even took time to study my limited wardrobe and decide on the leaf brown pantsuit with the caracul collar and cuffs.
Henrietta said merrily that she and his lordship were more likely to come to cuffs than to indulge in a comfortable cose she made no attempt to deter the departure.
The X rays and MRI reveal seven broken ribs on my right side, five separate breaks to the left ankle, four breaks to the right shoulder, a torn right rotator cuff, a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the right knee, frostbite, malnutrition, and deep lacerations over my entire body.
The nutcracker shaped like an alligator, a lone mother-of pearl cuff link, a tortoiseshell comb with missing teeth, a broken silver lighter, a cruet stand minus the vinegar.
The nutcracker shaped like an alligator, a lone mother-of pearl cuff link, the broken lighter, the cruet stand minus the vinegar.
Conjurer was triple cuffed and double shackled, two officers pulled the man into a sitting position on the floor.
He quickly cuffed her and then turned to David Dale, who was struggling to his knees amid the crushed roses, writhing and howling in agony.