page_title: Glove
section_title: Sport and recreational
hierarchical_section_title: Glove / Types of glove / Sport and recreational
caption_attribution_description: English: Three finger shooting gloves. Model 1995. Army of the Czech Republic. Čeština: Tříprsté střelecké rukavice. Vzor 1995. Armáda České republiky.
context_page_description: A glove is a garment covering the whole hand. Gloves usually have separate sheaths or openings for each finger and the thumb.
  If there is an opening but no covering sheath for each finger they are called fingerless gloves. Fingerless gloves having one small opening rather than individual openings for each finger are sometimes called gauntlets, though gauntlets are not necessarily fingerless.
  Gloves which cover the entire hand or fist but do not have separate finger openings or sheaths are called mittens. Mittens are warmer than other styles of gloves made of the same material because fingers maintain their warmth better when they are in contact with each other; reduced surface area reduces heat loss.
  A hybrid of glove and mitten contains open-ended sheaths for the four fingers and an additional compartment encapsulating the four fingers. This compartment can be lifted off the fingers and folded back to allow the individual fingers ease of movement and access while the hand remains covered. The usual design is for the mitten cavity to be stitched onto the back of the fingerless glove only, allowing it to be flipped over to transform the garment from a mitten to a glove.
context_section_description: American football various position gloves
  Archer's glove
  Baseball glove or catcher's mitt: in baseball, the players in the field wear gloves to help them catch the ball and prevent injury to their hands.
  Billiards glove
  Boxing gloves: a specialized padded mitten
  Cricket gloves
  The batsmen wear gloves with heavy padding on the back, to protect the fingers in case of being struck with the ball.
  The wicket keeper wears large webbed gloves.
  Cycling gloves
  Driving gloves intended to improve the grip on the steering wheel.  Driving gloves have external seams, open knuckles, open backs, ventilation holes, short cuffs, and wrist snaps.  The most luxurious are made from Peccary gloving leather.
  Eton Fives glove
  Falconry glove
  Fencing glove
  Football – Goalkeeper glove
  Gardening glove
  Golf glove
  Ice hockey glove
  Gym gloves
  Riding gloves
  Racquetball gloves
  Lacrosse gloves
  Kendo Kote
  LED gloves
  Motorcycling gloves
  Oven gloves – or Oven mitts, used when cooking
  Paintball Glove
  Racing drivers gloves with long cuffs, intended for protection against heat and flame for drivers in automobile competitions.
  Scuba diving gloves:
  Cotton gloves; good abrasion, but no thermal protection
  Dry gloves; made of rubber with a latex wrist seal to prevent water entry
  Wet gloves; made of neoprene and allowing restricted water entry
  Shooting glove
  Biathlon glove – an articulated padded combination of a skiing glove and a shooting glove , offers cold temperature protection outside in winter, as well as padding to support the .22lr ammunition single-action / Fortner-action biathlon rifle, and is suitable for using with poles in cross country skiing.
  Pistol glove – used in competition pistol shooting to improve performance and cushion the shooting hand.
  Target rifle glove – open-fingered heavily padded one-hand (non-shooting) glove with non-skid surfaces, used to support the rifle in prone shooting position.  Also may be used in kneeling, sitting and standing positions. The glove cushions and distributes the weight of the rifle, which varies from 3 kilograms (6.6 lb) to 7 kilograms (15 lb), depending on type of rifle stock used.
  Skiing gloves are padded and reinforced to protect from the cold, and from injury by skis.
  Touchscreen gloves – made with conductive material to enable the wearer's natural electric capacitance to interact with capacitive touchscreen devices without the need to remove one's gloves
  Finger tip conductivity; where conductive yarns or a conductive patch is found only on the tips of the fingers (typically the index finger and thumb) thus allowing for basic touch response
  Full hand conductivity; where the entire glove is made from conductive materials allowing for robust tactile touch and dexterity good for accurate typing and multi-touch response
  Underwater Hockey gloves – with protective padding, usually of silicone rubber or latex, across the back of the fingers and knuckles to protect from impact with the puck; usually only one, either left- or right-hand, is worn depending on which is the playing hand.
  Washing mitt or Washing glove: a tool for washing the body (one's own, or of a child, a patient, a lover).
  Webbed gloves – a swim training device or swimming aid.
  Weightlifting gloves
  Wired glove
  Power Glove – an alternate controller for use with the Nintendo Entertainment System
  Wheelchair gloves – for users of manual Wheelchairs
caption: Three finger army shooting gloves.
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