Meaning

noun the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball

noun handwear: covers the hand and wrist

noun boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing

originFrom Middle English glove, glofe, from Old English glōf, *glōfe, *glōfa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form glōfan (“gloves”)), from Proto-Germanic *galōfô (“glove”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“collective and associative prefix”) + Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“flat of the hand, palm”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive (“glove”),…

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