sleeveless /ˈsliːvlɪs/ adjective2 •Of a garment, having no sleeves.She wore a short surcoat of scarlet, cut low around the shoulders, sleeveless, reaching just below her hips, like the tabards worn by medieval heralds. Over it she wore a laced-edged cotta. — 1965 •(no longer used) Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; useless.might send that Greekish / whore-masterly villain with the sleeve back to the / dissembling luxurious drab of a sleeveless errand. — 1602
