boxing glove

American  

noun

1. one of a pair of heavily padded leather mittens laced on the palm side of the wrist and hand, worn by boxers in a match or in training for a match.

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boxing glove British  

noun

1. one of a pair of thickly padded mittens worn for boxing

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Etymology

Origin of boxing glove

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

The fingerless grappling gloves MMA fighters use made for sharper, more painful impact noises than padded, puffier boxing gloves do.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Rocki Irish Mayers was born on 13 September, the singer announced in an Instagram post, sharing a snap of her cradling her daughter alongside a picture of miniature pink boxing gloves.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

Four decades after the attack, those boxing gloves would come out again.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

But the pair dropped their boxing gloves during an Instagram Verzuz battle in 2020 that pulled in over 1.2 million viewers.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2024

Theirs was the Cadillac of clubhouses, sporting several parlors and a poolroom, a bounty of boxing gloves, baseball team jerseys, bats, and cleats, all paid for by their political patron, Frank Ragen.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield