Petruchio complains that the sleeves are gaudy, comparing them to a cannon with an elaborate design forged into the barrel. He doesn’t care much for the fashion of cutting slits in the sleeves to reveal a colored fabric underneath, nor elaborate lace work, which he compares to a censer. A censer is an intricately carved wooden box used for burning incense which one might find in a barber shop (an establishment in those days only frequented by the wealthy).