gloved

Variant of glove

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

Origin: 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

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