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- noun Used other than as an idiom: see
lawn ,sleeves . - noun The sleeves of a bishop's ceremonial garments.
- noun The bishops of the Anglican or Roman Catholic churches.
Etymologies
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From the sleeves of the bishops's robes, which were made of lawn ("fine linen").
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hernesheir commented on the word lawn sleeves
From lawn = "linen" sleeves. 18th-century ecclesiastical "fashion craze" in which the sleeves of the rochet expanded into a balloon shape, confined at the wrists by a ribbon, beyond which a ruffle projected.
September 19, 2009