manset

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch manchet, from French manchette, from manche + -ette. The first four senses are an extension of compound manset lengan (“lit. arm manchette”), introduced first likely on mid-2010s to refer tight detachable sleeves with a short-sleeved T-shirt when combined with veils, and later also to refer spandex clothes (both male and female). The original sense "cuff" is quickly displaced by the current meaning.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈman.sɛt̚/
Rhymes: -ansɛt̚
Hyphenation: man‧set

Noun

manset (plural manset-manset)

(clothing) a tight long-sleeve inner of a short-sleeve clothing
1. detachable sleeve; arm sleeve
2. inner bolero
(clothing) clothes made from spandex
(usually only in compounds) cuff:
1. the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist
2. (medicine) an inflatable band that is wrapped around an extremity to control the flow of blood through the part when recording blood pressure with a sphygmomanometer

Usage notes

Due to unusually rapid semantic shifts (occured less than 2 decades), this term has no clear counterpart in English. KBBI defines it as a "shirt (with long, short, or without sleeves) that can be used as an inner, usually by hijabi women while wearing transparent, short-sleeved, or sleeveless clothes, in order to cover awrah".

Derived terms

bermanset