"lawn sleeves" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From the sleeves of the bishops' robes, which were made of lawn (“fine linen”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|lawn||fine linen}} lawn (“fine linen”) Head templates: {{en-noun|p|head=lawn sleeves}} lawn sleeves pl (plural only)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lawn, sleeves. Tags: plural, plural-only Synonyms: lawn-sleeves, sleeves of lawn
    Sense id: en-lawn_sleeves-en-noun-Eux-Nx6s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 41 22 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 39 25 37
  2. The sleeves of a bishop's ceremonial garments. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-lawn_sleeves-en-noun-kN1JM1HC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 41 22 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 39 25 37
  3. The bishops of the Anglican or Roman Catholic churches. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-lawn_sleeves-en-noun-MQsdrHMO Disambiguation of Clothing: 0 0 99 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 41 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 26 45 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 39 25 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 28 44

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