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