ETYM French gantelet, dim. of gant glove, Late Lat. wantus, of Teutonic origin; cf. Dutch want, Swed. and Dan. vante, Icel. vöttr, for vantr.
1. A glove of armored leather; protects the hand; SYN. metal glove.
2. A glove with long sleeve; SYN. gauntlets.

ETYM Old Eng. glove, glofe, AS. glôf; akin to Icel. glôfi, cf. Goth. lôfa palm of the hand, Icel. lôfi.
Handwear: covers the hand and wrist; SYN. gloves.

ETYM Abbrev. from mitten.
1. A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers.
2. A woman's glove that leaves the fingers uncovered.
3. (Baseball) A large, padded glove worn to protect one's hand when catching the ball.