glove (gluv)

t.; pret. and pp. gloved, ppr. gloving. [ glove, n.] To cover with or as with a glove. Hence therefore, thou nice crutch; A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel, Must glove this hand. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., i. 1. A Hauke hee esteemes the true burthen of Nobilitie, and is exceeding ambitious to see me delighted in the sport, and haue his fist Glov'd with his Ie es. Bp. Earle , Micro-cosmographie, An Vp-start Countrey [Knight. My right hand will be gloved , Janet, My left hand will be bare. The Young Tamlane (Child's Ballads, I. 121). glove-band (gluv'band), n . A strap or ribbon strap formerly used to confine the glove round the wrist or arm. They were sometimes made of horsehair so woven as to be elastic; ribbons tied in ornamental bows were also at one time fashionable.