Толковый словарь английского языка - glove

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English glōf; akin to Old Norse glōfi ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a covering for the hand having separate sections for each of the fingers and the thumb and often extending part way up the arm, gauntlet I,1, 2. a. a padded leather covering for the hand used in baseball to catch a thrown or batted ball, fielding ability , boxing ~, 3. gauntlet I,3, the restraints of civility , II. transitive verb (~d; gloving) Date: 15th century 1. to cover with or as if with a ~, to furnish with ~s, to catch (as a baseball) in one's ~d hand