GLOVED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gloved mean? 

• GLOVED (adjective)
  The adjective GLOVED has 1 sense:

1. having the hands covered with gloves

  Familiarity information: GLOVED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOVED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the hands covered with gloves

Similar:

gauntleted (wearing a protective glove)

Antonym:

gloveless (devoid of gloves)

 Context examples 

I looked at her again by and by, and saw her shrink into her corner, and put her gloved hand to her forehead.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The five hundred women applauded softly with gloved hands, seeking to encourage the bashful great man who was their guest.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“Mr. Holmes,” she said—and her white-gloved hands clasped and unclasped as she spoke—“I will speak frankly to you in the hopes that it may induce you to speak frankly in return.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I remember the fur coats of the girls returning from Miss This or That's and the chatter of frozen breath and the hands waving overhead as we caught sight of old acquaintances and the matchings of invitations: Are you going to the Ordways'? the Herseys'? the Schultzes'? and the long green tickets clasped tight in our gloved hands.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)