glove
covering worn on the hand
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Summary
glove ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,868 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: handwear[2], protective clothing[3]
- Has use: fashion[4], safety[5]
- Commons category: Gloves[6]
- Unicode character: 🧤[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gloves[8]
- Commons gallery: Glove[9]
- Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13]
- Different from: mitten[14]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
- Worn on: hand[16]
- P14470: Objects/Gloves[17]
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Influence
Things named for glove include Rawlings Gold Glove Award[18], a sports award[19], in United States[20], founded in 1957[21] and Gloversville[22], a city in the United States[23], in United States[24], founded in 1853[25].
Why It Matters
glove has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] glove is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]
Entities named for glove include Rawlings Gold Glove Award[18], a sports award[19], in United States[20], founded in 1957[21] and Gloversville[22], a city in the United States[23], in United States[24], founded in 1853[25].