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glove

UK/ɡlʌv/ US/ɡlʊv/ fairly common slang

noun

1.
2.

handwear: covers the hand and wrist

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3.

gloves that are big and padded; worn for boxing

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Origin

From Middle English glove, glofe, from Old English glōf, *glōfe, *glōfa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form glōfan (“gloves”)), from Proto-Germanic *galōfô (“glove”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“collective and associative prefix”) + Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“flat of the hand, palm”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive (“glove”), Icelandic glófi (“glove”). Related to Middle English lofe, lufe (“palm of the hand”). More at loof.

Phrases

  • baseball glove Terms derived from the noun or verb glove
  • batting glove Terms derived from the noun or verb glove
  • boxing glove Terms derived from the noun or verb glove
  • data glove Terms derived from the noun or verb glove
  • driving glove Terms derived from the noun or verb glove
  • drop the gloves Terms derived from the noun or verb glove
  • evening glove Terms derived from the noun or verb glove
  • fingerless glove Terms derived from the noun or verb glove

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