manchette

Meanings

1. An ornamental trimming round the lower part of a sleeve, or a ruffle (of hair, etc.) of similar appearance.
2. A sheath of microtubules which surrounds and extends tailwards from the nucleus of developing spermatids.
3. A special glove cover worn by fencers, specifically sabreurs, on their weapon hand.
4. A paper frill attached to the exposed end of a bone of a cooked piece of meat.
5. An upholstered arm on a wooden-frame chair like a bergère or fauteuil.
6. A vertical heading within a newspaper article.
7. A sleeve for the forearm, worn especially by triathletes and made of materials that reduce wind drag.

Etymology

From French manchette.