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Synonyms for glove

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gluhv
Phonetic Transcription : glÊŒv

Définition of glove

Origin :
  • Old English glof "glove, covering for the hand," also "palm of the hand," from Proto-Germanic *galofo (cf. Old Norse glofi), probably from *ga- collective prefix + *lofi "hand" (cf. Old Norse lofi, Middle English love, Gothic lofa "flat of the hand"), from PIE *lep- "be flat; palm, sole, shoulder blade" (cf. Russian lopata "shovel;" Lithuanian lopa "claw," lopeta "shovel, spade").
  • German Handschuh, the usual word for "glove," literally "hand-shoe" (Old High German hantscuoh; also Danish and Swedish hantsche) is represented by Old English Handscio (the name of one of Beowulf's companions, eaten by Grendel), but this is attested only as a proper name. To fit like a glove is first recorded 1771.
  • noun hand covering for warmth, protection
Example sentences :
  • I asked if the muff, as well as the glove, had been searched carefully.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • "Yes," answered Dorothy, buttoning her glove and glancing at the clock.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • By the way, how did he get your glove, or is that merely brag on his part?
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • Yes, it is our business to do so; but the glove has not been of much assistance to us.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • No one was observing him, and the glove was immediately concealed.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • All she did was to take her glove and rub hard at a spot on the window-pane.
  • Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf
  • Having mended her glove, Minnie Marsh lays it in the drawer.
  • Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf
  • There was no glove on it; and, gently raising it, he pressed it to his lips.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI » by Various
  • He paused, sighed and then brushed the subject away with a wave of his glove.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • On our part we staked all on chance; we threw the glove blindly to fortune.
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton

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