glove

¹glove

noun \ˈgləv\

Definition of GLOVE

1

a : a covering for the hand having separate sections for each of the fingers and the thumb and often extending part way up the arm

b : ¹gauntlet 1

2

a (1) : a padded leather covering for the hand used in baseball to catch a thrown or batted ball; specifically : one having individual thumb and finger sections usually connected with a lacing or webbing — compare mitt (2) : fielding ability <he's got a good glove at three positions and can pinch-hit — Casey Stengel>

b : boxing glove

3

a : ¹gauntlet 3

b plural : the restraints of civility <the gloves came off for the interview>

Origin of GLOVE

Middle English, from Old English glōf; akin to Old Norse glōfi glove

First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with GLOVE

dove, love, of, shove

²glove

transitive verb

glovedglov·ing

Definition of GLOVE

1

a : to cover with or as if with a glove

b : to furnish with gloves

2

: to catch (as a baseball) in one's gloved hand

First Known Use of GLOVE

15th century

glove

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

Covering for the hand with separate sections for the fingers and the thumb, usually extending over the wrist or part of the arm. Linen gloves were found in the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt. Medieval European nobles wore both fabric and leather gloves, often jeweled and embroidered. By the 14th century gloves were worn generally by upper-class men; but in the 16th century Catherine de Médicis, queen consort of Henry II of France, made gloves for women fashionable. Glovemaking became an industry in 1834 when the glove-cutting die was invented in France. Fabric gloves of antiquity were made of woven material, but modern fabric gloves are knitted of cotton, wool, or synthetic fibres.