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Conceptual system
cap sleeve
Domain:  Garments
Subdomain (1st level):  Dress, Top
Table:  Table 12
Noun phrase
Countable
Definition:  Small extension cut on the front and back of a blouse to cover the shoulder. It has a seam at the shoulder fastening front and back of garment together but no armhole seam.
FDF, 1988
Context:  All of the tops have cap sleeves that are finished with a hem and the necklines are finished with facings.
Hancock Fabrics, 2004
Attestation:  5
Contained in:  knit, shirt, dress
Co-hyponyms:  set-in sleeve, raglan sleeve, detachable sleeve, balloon sleeve, three-quarter sleeve, long sleeve, bell sleeve, batwing sleeve, short sleeve, puffed sleeve, kimono sleeve
Hyperonyms:  sleeve
It:  manica ad aletta
Degree of reliability:  10
Notes:  Facing: a duplicate layer of fabric stitched to a raw edge on a garment for the purpose of finishing it. It is turned to the wrong side of the garment and lies flat.
Keiser, Garner, 2003