sleeving

/ ˈsliːvɪŋ /

noun

electronics tubular flexible insulation into which bare wire can be inserted US and Canadian namespaghetti

When these wires are adjacent to ground or battery wires they may be protected by sleeving, so as to prevent crosses.

It was formerly the custom with all careful women, when buying a dress, to buy an extra yard for new sleeving.

In five minutes they had got together a deck and a pile of chips and were shirt-sleeving it around a game of pinochle.

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