baseball glove

American  

noun

• baseball gloves
  plural

1. a padded, leather covering for the hand, having a pocket in the area over the palm, webbing between the sections for the thumb and forefinger, and either separate sections for each finger or sections for more than one finger: used by baseball players in the field for catching batted or thrown balls.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• baseball gloves
  plural

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baseball glove

“You paid for my swim lessons, bought me my first baseball glove, and kept me in the best private school in South Florida, alongside President George H.W. Bush’s grandsons, at least for a little while.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

One day, I reached into a closet to grab my baseball glove and discovered a crumpled-up bag of potato chips.

From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2023

On Saturday, Carroll’s mother — Pey-Lin Carroll — even tweeted a photo of baby Corbin crawling inside the bronze baseball glove statue beyond the left field gate at T-Mobile Park.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2023

A baseball glove worn by Babe Ruth while he played with the New York Yankees sold for over $1.5 million at an auction Saturday.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

The office smells of sweat and leather—like an old baseball glove.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick