trunk sleeve

trunk sleeve
noun
Etymology: trunk probably from obsolete English trunk to cut off, truncate; from its being a truncated sleeve — more at trunked
: a large usually slashed and padded sleeve resembling trunk hose

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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