Толковый словарь английского языка - glove
Glove
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
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n. & v. --n. 1 a covering for the hand, of wool, leather, cotton, etc., worn esp. for protection against cold or dirt, and usu. having separate fingers. 2 a padded protective glove, esp.: a a boxing glove. b a wicket-keeper's glove. --v.tr. cover or provide with a glove or gloves. Phrases and idioms fit like a glove fit exactly. glove box 1 a box for gloves. 2 a closed chamber with sealed-in gloves for handling radioactive material etc. 3 = glove compartment. glove compartment a recess for small articles in the dashboard of a motor vehicle. glove puppet a small cloth puppet fitted on the hand and worked by the fingers. throw down (or take up) the glove issue (or accept) a challenge. with the gloves off mercilessly; unfairly; with no compunction. Derivatives gloveless adj. glover n. Etymology: OE glof, corresp. to ON gl{oacute}fi, perh. f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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