fingerstall

[fing-ger-stawl]

noun

1. a covering used to protect a finger.

fingerstall

/ ˈfɪŋɡəˌstɔːl /

noun

1. Also called: cot.  fingertip. a protective covering for a finger

Word History and Origins

Origin of fingerstall¹

First recorded in 1425–75, fingerstall is from late Middle English fyngyr stalle. See finger, stall ¹

Example Sentences

And he is the first of the epicures who is said to have eaten his meat with fingerstalls on, in order to convey it to his mouth as warm as possible.

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Gloves are not much use in the prairie frost, and mittens, which are not divided into fingerstalls, will within limits fit almost anybody.

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Here and there, on the dry bank over which the clematis projected like an eave, there stood tall campanulas, their blue bells as large as the fingerstall of a foxglove.

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