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glove

Also known as gloves

A glove is a garment covering the hand, with separate sheaths or openings for each finger including the thumb. Gloves protect and comfort hands against cold or heat, damage by friction, abrasion or chemicals, and disease; or in turn to provide a guard for what a bare hand should not touch.

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A glove is a garment that covers your hand and has separate openings for each finger and thumb. Gloves matter because they protect your hands from cold, heat, friction, abrasion, chemicals, and disease—and they also protect other things from being touched by bare hands when that would be unsafe or undesirable.

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Clothing item.image_file: Centre de Documentació Museu Tèxtil de Terrassa- Reserves- Teixits- Guants002.JPG
Clothing item.caption: Assorted gloves (a museum collection)
Clothing item.type: hand's protection

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Commons category: Gloves
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Contents

History
Types of glove
Commercial and industrial
Sport and recreational
Women's fashion
Others
Fingerless gloves
Leather gloves
Common uses
Leather dress gloves
Main types of gloving leather
Leather glove linings
Component parts
Stitching
Some glove terms
Driving gloves
Safety standards
Notable gloves
See also
References
External links

Gloves are made of materials including cloth, knitted or felted wool, leather, rubber, latex, neoprene, silk, and (in mail) metal. Gloves of kevlar protect the wearer from cuts. Gloves and gauntlets are integral components of pressure suits and spacesuits.