boxing glove

noun

: one of a pair of leather mittens heavily padded on the back and worn in boxing

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Violet Spurgeon wears a yellow dress, a rainbow sash, a tiara and a pair of boxing gloves with her name printed across them. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026 Grant asks Chris about the boxing gloves now for sale in the night store, but Katie forestalls him by running over and grabbing them, nearly flattening Chris. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026 There’s a set of boxing gloves lurking in that NPR tote bag. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026 There’s archeological evidence of boxing gloves being at these sites where it was known that Black soldiers and Filipinos were sort of co-conspiring, that lends some feeling of truth to that. — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for boxing glove

Word History

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of boxing glove was in 1811

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boxing glove

noun
: one of a pair of padded leather mittens worn in boxing

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