boxing glove

one of a pair of heavily padded leather mittens laced on the palm side of the wrist and hand, worn by boxers in a match or in training for a match.

Origin of boxing glove

First recorded in 1870–75

boxhaul, boxhead, boxholder, boxing, boxing day, boxing glove, boxing ring, boxroom, boxthorn, boxwood, boxy

Squaring himself forward, he placed a hand like a boxing-glove on either knee and glanced genially up and down the 'bus.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 |Various
I'd give this hand,' said he, holding up a paw as big as a boxing-glove, 'if he hadn't been killed.

The Last Entry |William Clark Russell
Glove, gluv, n. a covering for the hand, with a sheath for each finger: a boxing-glove.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) |Various
His boots would have made a London policeman green with envy, and he had a fist like a boxing-glove.

From Chart House to Bush Hut |Charles W. L. Bryde

Probably the small sword will always be exasperating to those who cling to the boxing-glove.

Americanisms and Briticisms |Brander Matthews

boxing glove

one of a pair of thickly padded mittens worn for boxing