baseball glove

American  

noun

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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Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

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

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

Sitting on the sandbox corner, looking bored, with his head propped in a baseball glove, was a boy in a faded red T-shirt.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker