manche à gigot

OBS: Des manches à gigots.

DEF: Leg-of-mutton: having a full upper arm and a fitted lower arm and wrist -- used of the sleeve of a woman's garment.
OBS: Popular in the second quarter of the nineteenth century, and still used somewhat at present, this sleeve is full at the shoulder, gradually decreases in size to the elbow, and is tight at the wristline. Lining, a pad, or a whalebone support kept the upper sleeve at a distended size.