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boxing glove definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing [syn: boxing glove, glove]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1841 one of a pair of leather mittens heavily padded on the back and worn in boxing

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

. --Blackstone. Boxing glove, a large padded mitten or glove used in sparring for exercise or amusement.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glove Glove (gl[u^]v), n. [OE. glove, glofe, AS. gl[=o]f; akin to Icel. gl[=o]fi, cf. Goth. l[=o]fa palm of the hand, Icel. l[=o]fi.] 1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten. 2. A boxing glove. Boxing glove. See under Boxing. Glove fight, a pugilistic contest in which the fighters wear boxing gloves. Glove money or silver. (a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy gloves with. (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts; also, a fee given by the sheriff of a county to the clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are no offenders to be executed. Glove sponge (Zo["o]l.), a fine and soft variety of commercial sponges (Spongia officinalis). To be hand and glove with, to be intimately associated or on good terms with. ``Hand and glove with traitors.'' --J. H. Newman. To handle without gloves,

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(boxing gloves) Boxing gloves are big padded gloves worn for boxing. N-COUNT