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Conceptual system
pants cuff
Domain:  Garments
Subdomain (1st level):  Technical variations
Table:  Table 3
Noun phrase
Countable
Definition:  A turned-back piece at the hem of pants.
FDF, 1988
Context:  If you have chosen cuffs instead of a straight hem for the bottom of the pants, you will have left quite a bit of fabric below what you determined to be the bottom edge of the pants.
Cabrera, Meyer, 1984
Attestation:  10
Co-hyponyms:  panel, buttonhole, interfacing, interlining, slit, vent, overlap, lining, hem, dart, pleat, padding, shoulder pad, shoulder strap, godet (en), hood
Hyperonyms:  technical variations
Variants:  turn-up
It:  risvolto
Degree of reliability:  10
Notes:  In most contexts only “cuff” is used, since the term pants has already been used in the sentence and it is therefore clear that the author is referring to “pants cuff”.
Yoox, 2004