sleever noun3 •[in compounds] A garment having sleeves of the specified kind.The gravy stain on Ken's J .C. Penney short-sleever drew a lot of attention, like a fly on a wedding cake. — 2003 •A person employed to fit sleeves to garments. •A vertical bar, elliptical in cross section and tapered towards the end, used to shape the sleeve of a garment. formssleevers