cuff
袖口,袖套,袖带,袖珍
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- : a fold or band serving as a trimming or finish for the bottom of a sleeve.
- : a turned-up fold, as at the bottom of a trouser leg.
- : the part of a gauntlet or long glove that extends over the wrist.
- : a separate or detachable band or piece of fabric worn about the wrist, inside or outside of the sleeve.
- : an elasticized, ribbed, or reinforced band at the top of a sock or stocking.
- : a band of leather or other material, wider than a collar, sewed around the outside of the top of a shoe or boot to serve as a trimming or finish.
- : a handcuff: I accessorized my costume with cuffs, a badge, and a toy gun.
- : Anatomy. rotator cuff.
- : Furniture. a horizontal strip of veneer used as an ornament on a leg.
- : Medicine/Medical. an inflatable wrap placed around the upper arm and used in conjunction with a device for recording blood pressure.
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Mittens with zippers will also be easier to put on and take off, and extra-long cuffs that fit under the jacket will help them stay in place.
The company also makes a skiing version with a waxed canvas cuff you can cinch.
For skiing, the cuff of the glove should cover your entire wrist.
You can make it long if you want your mittens to cover a part of your forearm, or you can make it short if you just want a simple cuff.
The cuff is adjustable to manage your exposure depending on the weather and it’s thin enough to fit underneath a helmet.
And, again, I now confess, I had an occasional Bourbon and stoogie on the cuff.
They create those blouses a lot of times, where they will add a bow or take fabric from another shirt to create the cuff.
Walters took the opportunity to lob some off-the-cuff softball questions.
Of course, Coakley spoke off the cuff and had no one else to blame.
If I could do that off the cuff I would be WAAY more fun at parties!
But Bruno was unwilling to release his victim, and it took a hard cuff and a sharp command to make him let go.
The cuff removed from his right wrist, Black Hood went to a chair beside the desk and calmly sat down.