engageante

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Engageantes are false sleeves worn with women's clothing. They were worn during the 18th and 19th centuries, with a brief revival in the 20th century. In the 18th century, engageantes took the form of ruffles or flounces of linen, cotton, or lace, tacked to the elbow-length sleeves then fashionable.{{Cite book |last=Powys |first=Marian |url=https://archive.org/details/lacelacemaking0000unse/page/96 |title=Lace and Lace Making |date=1953 |pages=97 |publisher=Boston, C.T. Branford Co. }}

In the mid-19th century, the term engageante was used for separate false sleeves, usually with fullness gathered tight at the wrist, worn under the open bell-shaped "pagoda" sleeves of day dresses. The fashion reappeared briefly just after the turn of the 20th century.{{Cn|date=January 2024}}