Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - glove

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Old English glof; akin to Old Norse glofi ~  Date: before 12th century  1.  a. a covering for the hand having separate sections for each of the fingers and the thumb and often extending part way up the arm  b. gauntlet I,1  2.  a.  (1) a padded leather covering for the hand used in baseball to catch a thrown or batted ball; specifically one having individual thumb and finger sections usually connected with a lacing or webbing — compare mitt  (2) fielding ability he's got a good ~ at three positions and can pinch-hit — Casey Stengel  b. boxing ~  3.  a. gauntlet I,3  b. plural the restraints of civility the ~s came off for the interview  II. transitive verb  (~d; gloving)  Date: 15th century  1.  a. to cover with or as if with a ~  b. to furnish with ~s  2. to catch (as a baseball) in one's ~d hand