GLOVES

An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

"I wore gloves to keep my hands warm."

A baseball mitt.

The ability to catch a hit ball.

"Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros."

To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.

"He gloved the line drive for the third out."

To put a glove or gloves on.

"Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger."

To touch a delivery with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.