a covering for the hand, made of wool, leather, etc. with separate parts for each finger and the thumb:
a pair of gloves * rubber gloves * gardening gloves
compareMITTEN
seealsoBOXING, OVENGLOVE
IDIOMS
the gloves are off used to say that sb is ready for a fight or an argument
moreatFITv., HANDn., IRONadj., KIDn.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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