glove
n. countablen. a piece of clothing that you wear on your hand to keep it warm or safe. It has separate parts for each finger and your thumb.
n. a fitted garment covering the hand with individual sheaths for each finger and the thumb. Used for thermal protection, hygiene, or safety.
You should wear a glove on each hand in this cold weather.
The surgeon carefully pulled on a sterile latex glove before starting the operation.
While mittens provide superior warmth by keeping the fingers together, a leather glove offers the dexterity required for driving or handling tools in winter.
From Middle English glove, glofe, from Old English glōf, glōfe, glōfa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form glōfan (“gloves”)), from Proto-Germanic galōfô (“glove”), from Proto-Germanic ga- (“collective and associative prefix”) + Proto-Germanic lōfô (“flat of the hand, palm”), from Proto-Indo-European lāp-, lēp-, lep- (“flat”). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive (“glove”), Icelandic glófi (“glove”). Related to Middle English lofe, lufe (“palm of the hand”). More at loof.
Commonly used in the plural unless referring to a single item that has been lost or found.