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cuffing

cuffing

4.2
Folding back the end of a sleeve or pant leg to make a short folded edge
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌfɪŋ/
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  • The tailor expertly demonstrated the art of cuffing trousers to give them a polished look.

Examples

  • It's going to have a cuff, and to do that, I'm going to take the pen tool and I'm going to decide how wide I want my cuff, and I'm just going to draw a line segment.

  • Let me fold this back up here so I'm not looking all weird with different cuffs and rolls.

  • After cuffing his sleeves, he felt more comfortable as he worked on the project.

  • She prefers cuffing her jeans to showcase her stylish new shoes.

How Finished

cuff
73 2.4
cuffing
4.2
turnup
  • UK
7.0
hem
32 1.5

Surface Forms

cuffing singular
cuffings plural

Morphology

cuffing = cuff (transparent) = cuff + ing

Simple gerund/nominalization of the verb 'cuff' (to fold or attach a cuff), so the action meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Cuffing in clothing comes from the word cuff, which means a short band or the turned edge at the end of a sleeve or trouser. Think of the same idea in handcuff, where a band goes around the wrist, so cuffing clothes is making or folding that band into place.