manche

noun

variants or maunche or maunch

ˈmänch

plural manches or maunches

1

archaic : sleeve sense 1a

especially : a hanging sleeve

2

: a heraldic charge consisting of a sleeve with a long pendent lap worn in the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries

Word History

Etymology

Middle English manche, from Middle French, from Latin manica sleeve, gauntlet, manacle, from manus hand

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