engageantsn.
Obsolete.
With plural agreement. (See quot. 1694.)
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poke1402
foresleeve1538
long sleeve1538
lumbard1542
puller out1543
maunch1550
hand sleeve1585
French sleeve1592
poke sleeve1592
puff1601
trunk sleeve1603
stock-sleeve1611
hoop-sleeve1614
puff sleevec1632
short sleeve1639
hanging sleeve1659
engageants1690
jockey-sleeve1692
pudding-sleeve1704
Amadis1814
gigot1824
leg of mutton1824
bishop sleeve1829
mutton-leg sleeve1830
balloon sleeve1837
gigot-sleeve1837
bag-sleeve1844
pagoda sleeve1850
mameluke sleeve1853
angel sleeve1859
elbow-sleeve1875
sling-sleeve1888
sleevelet1889
pagoda1890
bell-sleeve1892
kimono sleeve1919–20
dolman1934
1690 Songs Costume (1849) 188 About her sleeves are engageants.
1694 Lady's Dict. Ængageants are double ruffles that fall over the wrists.
1695 P. Motteux tr. F. Pidou de St. Olon Present State Morocco 94 Sleeves of these Vests..would be much like our Womens Engageantes.
1748 tr. P. Lozano True Relation Earthquake Lima iii. 257 They are sometimes open like long engageants, worn also in the days of King Henry V.
1872 Young Englishwoman Nov. 594/1 The sleeves, open to the elbow over print lace engageantes, are edged..with..velvet.
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