protective sleeve
Guarding outer layer
A protective sleeve is a covering designed to shield something from damage, dirt, or wear.
Sleeves protect phone screens, vinyl records, documents, or cables: I keep my laptop in a protective sleeve.
The term also applies to garments covering the arms during hazardous work, or medical sheaths for instruments.
- sheathProtective blade covering
- coverProtect by overlaying
- dust coverProtective outer layer
- casingEnclosing cover or frame
- jacketSleeved upper-body covering
guard · wrap · bubble wrap · insulation · rubber · heat shrink · fabric · cable · cable management · cord · arm · arm band · phone · phone case · laptop · document · vinyl · neoprene
protective sleevevulnerability
Openness to harm
unprotected · nakedness · unsheathed · unshielded · uncovered
protective sleeveunwrapped
Removed outer covering
unpackaged · unencased · free-floating · unsheltered · unshielded
protective sleeveremoval
Act of taking away
stripping · uncovering · unwrapping · exposure · baring
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