noun / verb
glove
GLUV/ɡlʌv/
A fitted covering for the hand.
The glove lies palm-up, showing separate sections for the thumb and four fingers.
Etymology
Old English glof could mean the palm itself as well as a hand covering with separate finger sheaths. The modern sense preserves the covering meaning.
In context
the gloves do not touch the outside of the gloves because they are considered contaminated to remove the gloves start by taking your non-dominant gloved hand to grab the other glove around the cuff in the wrist area
More examples
- He catches the baseball in his leather glove.
- I wear rubber gloves when washing dishes.
- The technician gloves her hands before handling the sample.
Forms
glove · gloves · gloved · gloving