GLOVE BOX


Meaning of GLOVE BOX in English

1. See glove compartment .

2. an enclosed compartment with openings to which long gloves are attached, enabling someone outside the compartment to reach inside and handle its contents without causing or incurring injury or contamination, as in a laboratory or hospital.

[ 1855-60 for earlier sense ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .