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Definition of Boxing glove

1. Noun. Boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing.

Definition of Boxing glove

1. Noun. (boxing) A padded mitten, designed to protect the hand while punching, and worn in boxing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boxing Glove

Literary usage of Boxing glove

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Trilby by George Du Maurier (1894)
"But the mere sight of a boxing-glove made him sick. Then there was the yellow-haired Antony, a Swiss—the idle apprentice, le rot des truands, ..."

2. Boxing by R. G. Allanson-Winn (1897)
"It has been suggested that to guard the mark the boxing-glove should be placed over the part to be protected, but this of course is quite wrong advice, ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... and an enemy to our person ; if thou encounter any such, apprehend him, an thou dost me love. Shok., Hen. V., iv. 7. 2. Specifically, a boxing-glove.—3. ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"... covered for purposes of practice with the boxing glove of soft leather, stuffed with horse-hair, to act as a necessary buffer between the face and the ..."

5. Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sport by John Boyle O'Reilly (1888)
"... The cestus of the Greeks, copied by the Romans, was a dreadful boxing glove, or gauntlet, composed of raw-hide thongs and metal. ..."

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