Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cuff
Cuff
cuff
1. n. 1 a the end part of a sleeve. b a separate band of linen worn round the wrist so as to appear under the sleeve. c the part of a glove covering the wrist. 2 US a trouser turn-up. 3 (in pl.) colloq. handcuffs. Phrases and idioms cuff-link a device of two joined studs etc. to fasten the sides of a cuff together. off the cuff colloq. without preparation, extempore. Derivatives cuffed adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: ME: orig. unkn. 2. v. & n. --v.tr. strike with an open hand. --n. such a blow. Etymology: 16th c.: perh. imit.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English coffe, ~e mitten Date: 1522 something (as a part of a sleeve or glove) encircling the wrist, the turned-back hem of a trouser leg, 3. hand~, a usually wide metal band worn as a bracelet, an inflatable band that is wrapped around an extremity to control the flow of blood through the part when recording blood pressure with a sphygmomanometer, ~less adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1693 to furnish with a ~, hand~, III. verb Etymology: perhaps from obsolete English, glove, from Middle English Date: 1530 transitive verb to strike especially with or as if with the palm of the hand ; buffet, intransitive verb fight, s~le, IV. noun Date: 1570 a blow with the hand especially when open ; slap ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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