manchette UK /mɒ̃ˈʃɛt/US /mɑnˈʃɛt/ noun7 •A paper frill attached to the exposed end of a bone of a cooked piece of meat. •(historical) An ornamental trimming round the lower part of a sleeve, or a ruffle (of hair, etc.) of similar appearance. •A special glove cover worn by fencers, specifically sabreurs, on their weapon hand. •A sleeve for the forearm, worn especially by triathletes and made of materials that reduce wind drag. •A sheath of microtubules which surrounds and extends tailwards from the nucleus of developing spermatids. •An upholstered arm on a wooden-frame chair like a bergère or fauteuil. •A vertical heading within a newspaper article. formsmanchettes