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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• baseball gloves
  plural

Example Sentences

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

“I want frogs and a baseball glove and a mom.”

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter