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Undersleeve, un′dėr-slēv, n. a sleeve worn under another and generally separable.

Large buttons and buttonholes, 3 inches long, are seen, with the same on the cuff, which was worn very large, often 9 inches broad, and mostly of a curved outline, and of another coloured brocade; a tight undersleeve is also seen with these.

The sleeves are sometimes set over a tight undersleeve, in fact the longer sleeve to the wrist became fashionable.

An outer opened sleeve was now favoured, caught in front at the elbow and hanging to the knee over a fairly tight undersleeve with a turned-back lace cuff or ruffle.

Some sleeves were tighter with a small cuff, but usually the outer garment had a falling sleeve with a square or round end showing the tight undersleeve.