Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GLOVE, n. [Sax. glof. Qu. W. golov, a cover. The G. D. Sw. and Dan. call it a hand-shoe.]

A cover for the hand, or for the hand and arm, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter circumstance distinguishes the glove from the mitten. To throw the glove, with our ancestors, was to challenge to single combat.