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

He said a high point of his early life was buying a baseball glove with his father at the local hardware store.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

In a day and a half he can transform a waxy, light-brown football that’s fresh out of the box into a mahogany gem that feels like a perfectly worked-in baseball glove.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2024

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

From the pile Livingston took out a baseball glove.

From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan