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Definitions of glove

1. gloves worn by fielders in baseball Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. gloves that are big and padded; worn for boxing Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

3. handwear: covers the hand and wrist Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

4. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten. Webster Dictionary DB

5. A boxing glove. Webster Dictionary DB

6. To cover with, or as with, a glove. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

7. A covering for the hand with a separate covering for each finger. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

8. A cover for the hand, with a sheath for each finger. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

9. A cover for the hand. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

10. A covering for the hand, with separate sheath for each finger. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

11. A cover for the hand, with a separate sheath for each finger. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

12. To cover with a glove. To throw the glove, to challenge to single combat. To take up the glove, to accept the challenge. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

13. A covering for the hand, or for the hand and arm, usually with sheaths for the fingers. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

14. To cover, as with a glove. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

15. gluv, n. a covering for the hand, with a sheath for each finger: a boxing-glove.--v.t. to cover with, or as with, a glove.--adj. GLOVED, covered with a glove.--ns. GLOVE'-FIGHT, a boxing-match in which the hands are gloved; GLOVE'-MON'EY, a gratuity given to servants, officers of a court, &c.; GLOV'ER, one who makes or sells gloves; GLOVE'-SHIELD, a shield worn by a knight on the left-hand gauntlet to parry blows; GLOVE'-STRETCH'ER, a scissors-shaped instrument for inserting into the fingers of gloves to stretch them.--HANDLE WITHOUT GLOVES, to treat with vigour or with scant ceremony; THROW DOWN, TAKE UP, THE GLOVE, to offer, or to accept, a challenge. [A.S. glóf; cf. Scot. loof, Ice. lôfi, palm.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683

16. Covering of leather, cotton, silk, wool, or formerly steel, for the hand, usu. with separated fingers (throw down, take up, the g., make, accept, challenge; fit like a g., exactly; HAND& or in g.); (also boxing-g.) padded g. for boxing (take off, without, &c., the gg., of arguing or contending in earnest, mercilessly, &c.); g.-sponge, in shape of g.; g.-stretcher, instrument for enlarging g.-fingers; hence gloveless a., glover (3) n. (Vb) provide with gg. [old English] Concise Oxford Dictionary

17. g. fight, fight with boxing-gloves; white gg., (esp.) the pair presented to judge in honour of MAIDEN assize. Concise Oxford Dictionary

18. n. [Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic] A cover for the hand with a separate sheath for each finger. Cabinet Dictionary

19. Cover of the hands. Complete Dictionary