sleeve

Japanese: sleeve
sleeve

…However, if the axe is too tightly attached, the impact will cause the handle to break. Therefore, some axe blades are made of horn or other material to provide a tighter fit and to reduce the impact (Mesolithic in Denmark, Neolithic in Switzerland, Han Dynasty in China, and New Guinea peoples). Handles are broadly divided into straight, rod-like handles and knee-shafts, which are short and curved at the end, and the curved part of the knee-shaft is called the foot. …

From [Sleeve]

...The name of the part of clothing that covers the arms.
[Clothes sleeves]
They are also called sleeves, and come in various lengths, including short sleeves, long sleeves, and three-quarter sleeves. Before sleeves were added, the part of the vest hanging from the shoulder to the arm naturally formed a sleeve when it was worn with a belt, such as the Ionic chiton of ancient Greece and the tunica of Rome.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "sleeve" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかしあまり密着すると衝撃で柄がこわれる。そこで両者のあいだに角製などの袖sleeveを介在させて密着と衝撃緩和とをはかるものもある(デンマーク中石器時代,スイス新石器時代,中国漢代,ニューギニア民族例)。柄をまっすぐな棒状の直柄(なおえ)と先が短く屈曲する膝柄(ひざえ)knee‐shaftとに大別し,膝柄の屈曲部分を斧台footとよんでおく。…

【袖】より

…衣服の腕を覆う部分の名称。
[洋服の袖]
 スリーブsleeveともいい,半袖,長袖,七分袖など長さはさまざまである。袖がつくまでは,古代ギリシアのイオニア風キトンやローマのトゥニカのように,貫頭衣に帯を締めて着装すると,肩から腕に垂れる部分が自然に袖を形づくった。…

※「sleeve」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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