glove box

noun

an enclosed compartment with openings to which long gloves are attached, enabling someone outside the compartment to reach inside and handle its contents without causing or incurring injury or contamination, as in a laboratory or hospital.

Origin of glove box

1855–60 for earlier sense

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Examples from the Web for glove box

He carried the revolver back to the car and put it into the glove-box with the Leech & Rigdon.
Murder in the Gunroom|Henry Beam Piper
She sprang up, ran to a writing-desk and took out a glove-box.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877|Various
Opening it, the Countess disclosed a glove-box of wood, with a design of rather shaky violets burnt into the cover.
Long Live the King|Mary Roberts Rinehart
It then smells like your sister's glove-box (if she uses musk), only about one hundred times as strong.
Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy|Frank Richard Stockton

This tiny Japanese lady, whom you left, as you thought, on the lid of the glove-box at home.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 January 11, 1890|Various

British Dictionary definitions for glove box

glove box

noun

a closed box in which toxic or radioactive substances can be handled by an operator who places his hands through protective gloves sealed to the box

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glove box

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