Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A stout, heavy glove worn in riding; a gauntlet.

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Examples

  • He expressed by a look that to kiss a hand through a glove, and that a riding-glove, was not a great treat under the circumstances.

    A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006

  • Something quaint and foreign, something poetic and strange, marked each turn of her figure, each article of her dress, down to the sculptured hand on which glittered singular and costly rings, -- and the riding-glove, embroidered with seed-pearls, that fell carelessly beside her on the floor.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various

  • I pressed the hand to my lips, riding-glove and all, and sprang in beside Fanny, who was with some difficulty making her horse stand still.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 Various

  • Skipper followed and picked up a riding-glove which the man dropped.

    Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle Sewell Ford 1907

  • But the small hand in its riding-glove, so close to him, haunted his senses.

    Lady Connie Humphry Ward 1885

  • He expressed by a look that to kiss a hand through a glove, and that a riding-glove, was not a great treat under the circumstances.

    A Pair of Blue Eyes Thomas Hardy 1884

  • He took up the glove -- a thick, fawn-coloured riding-glove -- and remembered it for one of his own.

    Verner's Pride Henry Wood 1850

  • Tippoo! "said Mr. Carlisle, stooping and striking his riding-glove against the horse's shoulder, –" I am going a race with you, do you hear? "

    The Old Helmet 1864

  • But don't be generous by halves: let me touch your hand, and not that rough riding-glove. "

    Majoor Frans. English James [Translator] Akeroyd 1849

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