Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CUFF
CUFF, n.2 [This word probably signifies a fold or doubling; Ar. كَافَ kaufa, to double the border and sew together; Ch. כוף, to bend; Heb. כפף; Gr. κυπτω; Low. L. cippus. Class Gb, No. 65, 68, 75.]
The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand. – Arbuthnot.
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