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glove definition

glove (gluv)

noun

  1. a covering for the hand, made of leather, cloth, etc., with a separate sheath for each finger and the thumb
  2. Sports
    1. a similar covering of padded leather worn by baseball players in the field
    2. boxing glove

Etymology: ME < OE glof & ON glofi < ? Gmc *ga-lōfa < *ga-, together (OE ge-) + *lōfa (Goth lōfa), palm of the hand: for IE base see luff

transitive verb gloved, gloving glov′·ing

  1. to supply with gloves
  2. to cover with or as with a glove
  3. Baseball to catch (a ball) with a glove
glove Idioms

put on the gloves

Informal to box

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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