Glove; mitten
The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
A handcuff.
A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
The Sarazin sore daunted with the buffe / Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; / Who well it wards, and quyteth cuff with cuff:
The scruff of the neck.
To furnish with cuffs.
To handcuff.
To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
A surname.
From Middle English cuffe, coffe (“glove, mitten”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old English cuffie (“hood, cap”), from Medieval Latin cofia, cofea, cuffa, cuphia (“helmet, headdress, hood, cap”), ...
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I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again.