lawn sleeves

American  

noun

1. (used with a plural verb) the sleeves of lawn forming part of the dress of an Anglican bishop.

2. (used with a singular verb) the office of an Anglican bishop.

3. (used with a singular or plural verb) an Anglican bishop or bishops.

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Etymology

Origin of lawn sleeves

First recorded in 1630–40

Example Sentences

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lawn sleeves

But with the Archbishop's first sentence came a fluttering of crimson surplices and white lawn sleeves.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rev. John Primatt Maud, solemn in billowing lawn sleeves, and pectoral cross.

From Time Magazine Archive

She held up her hands, strong, shapely hands, and surveyed them critically, drawing up her lawn sleeves above the wrists.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

Did he wear lawn sleeves and a mitre?

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Lady Anne Hamilton

And sae lang ’s he’ll do that, I’m no like to quarrel wi’ him, if he do ha’e a fancy for lawn sleeves and siccan rubbish, I wish him better sense, that’s a’.

From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Emily Sarah Holt