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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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His parents, he recalled, struggled to buy him a baseball glove.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

A few years later, while operating a press machine at a baseball glove factory, Lee suffered an accident that permanently disfigured his left arm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025

The pair spent two summers practicing to get the feat down right, including using a baseball glove to help Mr. Heinig learn to catch the ball barehanded eventually.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 21, 2023

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

Theo’s all the way on the left, dressed like Benny, wearing a Dodgers cap, an open flannel shirt, and his baseball glove.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

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