Usually means: Cuff on sleeve or glove.
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  1. manchette: Wordnik
  2. manchette: Wiktionary
  3. manchette: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. manchette: Dictionary.com
  5. Manchette (cuisine): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (manchette)

noun:  (chiefly historical) An ornamental trimming round the lower part of a sleeve, or a ruffle (of hair, etc.) of similar appearance.
noun:  (biology) A sheath of microtubules which surrounds and extends tailwards from the nucleus of developing spermatids.
noun:  (fencing) A special glove cover worn by fencers, specifically sabreurs, on their weapon hand.
noun:  (cooking) A paper frill attached to the exposed end of a bone of a cooked piece of meat.
noun:  (furniture) An upholstered arm on a wooden-frame chair like a bergère or fauteuil.
noun:  (printing) A vertical heading within a newspaper article.
noun:  (cycling) A sleeve for the forearm, worn especially by triathletes and made of materials that reduce wind drag.

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