a piece of clothing that covers the hand and each finger to keep them warm, clean, or safe
She pulled on a thick wool glove to protect her fingers from the icy wind.
Before trimming the roses, the gardener put on leather gloves to avoid the thorns.
✦ Middle English glof, from Old English glof ("covering for the hand"), related to Old Norse glofi (“gauntlet”).
to put a glove or gloves on something or someone, or (in sports) to catch or handle something using a glove
The catcher managed to glove the fast-moving ball.
Before touching the ancient scroll, the curator carefully gloved her hands.
✦ Verbal use from the noun, recorded since the 1600s.
a tall plant with long narrow leaves and spikes of large, bell-shaped purple, pink, white, or yellow flowers.
A cluster of tall foxgloves grew along the edge of the forest path.
The gardener planted several foxgloves in the shady border.
✦ Late Middle English: from fox + glove, perhaps suggested by the shape and velvety texture of the flower, likened to a glove for a fox.
