Glove

gluv, n. a covering for the hand, with a sheath for each finger: a boxing-glove.— v.t. to cover with, or as with, a glove.— adj. Gloved , covered with a glove.— ns. Glove′-fight , a boxing-match in which the hands are gloved; G love′-mon′ey , a gratuity given to servants, officers of a court, .; Glov′er , one who makes or sells gloves; Glove′-shield , a shield worn by a knight on the left-hand gauntlet to parry blows; Glove′-stretch′er , a sci ors-shaped instrument for inserting into the fingers of gloves to stretch them.— Handle without gloves , to treat with vigour or with scant ceremony; Throw down, Take up, the glove , to offer, or to accept, a challenge. [A.S. glóf ; cf. Scot. loof , Ice. lôfi , palm.]