glove, covering for the hand with separate sections for the
fingers and thumb, sometimes extending over the wrist or part of
the arm. Fingerless gloves,
called mitts in colonial America, have five holes through which the
fingers and thumb extend.
Work gloves are personal
protective equipment worn during work projects that cover and
protect the hands from the wrist to the fingers. Work gloves are meant to save the user\'s hands
and fingers from unnecessary wounds such as cuts, blisters,
splinters, skin punctures or heat and chemical
burns.
