mitt Hear it!

mitt definition

mitt (mit)

noun

  1. a woman's glove, often of lace or net, covering part of the arm, the hand, and sometimes part of the fingers
  2. mitten
  3. a padded glove or mitten for a specified use dusting mitt
  4. ☆ Slang a hand
  5. ☆
    1. Baseball a padded glove, with a thumb but usually without separate fingers, worn for protection catcher's mitt
    2. a boxing glove

Etymology: contr. < mitten

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

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.