glove
- a covering for the hand made with a separate sheath for each finger and for the thumb.
- boxing glove.
- baseball glove.
- gauntlet1.
- to cover with or as if with a glove; provide with gloves.
- to serve as a glove for.
- hand and glove. hand(def 55).
- handle with kid gloves. kid gloves(def 2).
- take up the glove. gauntlet1(def 4).
- throw down the glove. gauntlet1(def 5).
Origin of glove
Examples from the Web for glove
Contemporary Examples
Kimberlin, who looks and softly speaks like a miniaturized clone of David Strathairn, could not lay a glove on his tormenter.
The Weirdest Story About a Conservative Obsession, a Convicted Bomber, and Taylor Swift You Have Ever ReadDavid Weigel
August 30, 2014
This tribute video may be circulating now but Jeter still has the next couple of months before he hangs up his glove for good.
When you put your glove down on the kitchen counter a half hour ago in order to make a turkey sandwich for yourself?
He cut his glove on the blade and stepped for a replacement.
I had to store it in my glove box when I went to my son's school for track meets and teacher conferences.
Historical Examples
I asked if the muff, as well as the glove, had been searched carefully.
Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
"Yes," answered Dorothy, buttoning her glove and glancing at the clock.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
By the way, how did he get your glove, or is that merely brag on his part?
Jennie Baxter, JournalistRobert Barr
Yes, it is our business to do so; but the glove has not been of much assistance to us.
Jennie Baxter, JournalistRobert Barr
No one was observing him, and the glove was immediately concealed.
Vivian GreyEarl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
glove
- (often plural) a shaped covering for the hand with individual sheaths for the fingers and thumb, made of leather, fabric, etcSee also gauntlet 1 (def. 2)
- any of various large protective hand covers worn in sports, such as a boxing glove
- hand in glove informal in an intimate relationship or close association
- handle with kid gloves informal to treat with extreme care
- with the gloves off informal (of a dispute, argument, etc) conducted mercilessly and in earnest, with no reservations
- (tr; usually passive) to cover or provide with or as if with gloves
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for glove
n.
Old English glof "glove, covering for the hand," also "palm of the hand," from Proto-Germanic *galofo (cf. Old Norse glofi), probably from *ga- collective prefix + *lofi "hand" (cf. Old Norse lofi, Middle English love, Gothic lofa "flat of the hand"), from PIE *lep- "be flat; palm, sole, shoulder blade" (cf. Russian lopata "shovel;" Lithuanian lopa "claw," lopeta "shovel, spade").
German Handschuh, the usual word for "glove," literally "hand-shoe" (Old High German hantscuoh; also Danish and Swedish hantsche) is represented by Old English Handscio (the name of one of Beowulf's companions, eaten by Grendel), but this is attested only as a proper name. To fit like a glove is first recorded 1771.
v.
"to cover or fit with a glove," c.1400, from glove (n.). Related: Gloved; gloving. Glover as a surname is from mid-13c.
Idioms and Phrases with glove
glove
see fit like a glove; hand in glove; handle with kid gloves; hang up (one's gloves); with the gloves off.