Raglan sleeve

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A raglan sleeve is a sleeve that extends in one piece fully to the collar, leaving a diagonal seam from underarm to collarbone. It is named after FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, who is said to have worn a coat with this style of sleeve after the loss of his arm in the Battle of Waterloo. The raglan mid-length sleeve is a popular undergarment (worn under the jersey) for baseball teams in MLB. The ancient chiton was a tunic with a peplum waist line worn by men and women of ancient Greece and Rome that fastened at the shoulder in a way resembling a raglan sleeve.

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