# glove
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: glŭv, IPA: /ɡlʌv/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌv

### Noun

glove (plural gloves)
* (clothing) An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
    I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.
    The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.
* A baseball mitt.
* (baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.
    Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros.
* (slang) A condom.
* (with definite article) A challenge from one to another.
    to throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it

#### Synonyms

* gauntlet
* handglove (India)
* handshoe (nonstandard)

#### Translations
### Verb

glove (third-person singular simple present gloves, present participle gloving, simple past and past participle gloved)
* (baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
    He gloved the line drive for the third out.
* (transitive) To put a glove or gloves on.
    Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.
** 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:After the maids had hatted and gloved the girls, the carriage was summoned and I was carted around one church after another.
* (cricket) To touch (a delivery) with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.

### Derived terms

* baseball glove
* batting glove
* begloved
* boxing glove
* codglove
* cryoglove
* data glove
* deglove
* driving glove
* drop the gloves
* evening glove
* fingerless glove
* fit like a glove
* footglove
* fox-glove
* gardening glove
* given the glove
* glitten
* glovebag
* glove box
* glove compartment
* gloved
* glove doll
* gloveful
* gloveless
* glovelike
* glovemaker
* glovemaking
* gloveman
* glove money
* glove puppet
* glover
* gloves are off
* glovesman
* glove sponge
* glove up
* glovewear
* glovework
* glovey
* glovish
* half glove
* hand and glove
* handglove
* hand in glove
* hand-in-glove
* iron fist in a velvet glove
* kid-glove
* kid glove
* kid gloves
* lay a glove on
* love glove
* medical glove
* mermaid's glove
* Mickey Mouse glove
* monkey glove
* mousquetaire glove
* no glove no love
* opera glove
* oven glove
* riding glove
* surgical glove
* take up the glove
* unglove
* vampire glove
* velvet glove
* white-glove
* white-glove building
* white-glove service
* white-glove test
* white glove test
* work glove
* workglove

### See also

* cot
* gauntlet
* handshoe
* mitt
* mitten

### Anagrams

* Vogel, vogle, volge

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* glofe, gloove
* glufe, gluve, glwfe (Northern)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old English *glōfa (variant of glōf), from Proto-West Germanic *glōfō, from Proto-Germanic *galōfô; equivalent to y- +‎ love (“palm”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡloːv(ə)/

### Noun

glove (plural gloves or gloven)
* A glove or gauntlet (hand covering)
* A glove as a token of feudal allegiance.
* A glove or gauntlet in various symbolic uses:
** Signifying assent, agreement, or the marital compact.
** Signifying entry into combat.
** Signifying worthlessness or unimportance.

#### Derived terms

* gloven
* glovere

#### Descendants

* English: glove
** → Zulu: igilavu
* Scots: gluive, gluve

#### References

* “glọ̄ve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.