set-in sleeve

noun

1. a sleeve joined to the body of a garment at the shoulder and having a seam at that juncture.

Word History and Origins

Origin of set-in sleeve¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

As Inigo Turner, the company’s design director, put it, the set-in sleeve is part of “Arsenal’s DNA.”

From New York Times

And in the eyes of Adidas designers, Arsenal has always been a set-in sleeve sort of a club.

From New York Times