Glove /(glŭv)/
Glove
n.
- 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.
- A boxing glove.
Phrases & Compounds
- Boxing glove
- See under Boxing.
- Glove fight
- a pugilistic contest in which the fighters wear boxing gloves.
- Glove money
- A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy gloves with.
- Glove sponge
- a fine and soft variety of commercial sponges (Spongia officinalis).
- To be hand and glove with
- to be intimately associated or on good terms with.
- To handle without gloves
- to treat without reserve or tenderness; to deal roughly with.
- To take up the glove
- to accept a challenge or adopt a quarrel.
- To throw down the glove
- to challenge to combat.
Glove
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Gloved; p. pr. & vb. n. Gloving
- To cover with, or as with, a glove.