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Blooming lovely is that bit of fighter's kit!
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boxing glove
Word definitions for boxing glove in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. gloves that are big and padded; worn for boxing [syn: glove ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boxing \Box"ing\, n. The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring; pugilism. --Blackstone. Boxing glove , a large padded mitten or glove used in sparring for exercise or amusement.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Boxing gloves are cushioned gloves that fighters wear on their hands during boxing matches and practices. Unlike the ancient cestus which were designed as a weapon, modern boxing gloves are designed to protect the fighter's hand during a bout, though competitions, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context boxing English) A padded mitten, designed to protect the hand while punching, and worn in boxing.
Usage examples of boxing glove.
Elder stepped back out of its arc, pulled the trigger of his pistol, and Stu felt a heavy but painless boxing glove weighted with lead shot land on his chest.
There was no pain, just a feeling of having been sucker-punched by a large boxing glove on the fist of a mean opponent.
With the thumb of his right boxing glove, he hooked a rubber tooth protector out of his mouth.
Nor did you believe that his hand was really the size of a boxing glove, or that the narrator would actually catch baby squirrels and feed them to cats.
Or that unfortunate alcoholic Bateson who used to throw a wet boxing glove at inattentive boys and then retrieve it on a string?
The torrid Tanqueray Gibsons were just beginning to hit him, and he had loosened the knot, as big as a boxing glove, of his white silk tie, and unfastened the top button of his yellow Viyella shirt.