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cesta — /ses teuh/, n. Jai Alai. a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball. [1900 05; < Sp: lit., basket < L cista CHEST] * * * … Universalium
glove — gloveless, adj. glovelike, adj. /gluv/, n., v., gloved, gloving. n. 1. a covering for the hand made with a separate sheath for each finger and for the thumb. 2. See boxing glove. 3. See baseball glove. 4. gauntlet1. 5 … Universalium
demigauntlet — A glovelike bandage for the fingers and hand. [demi + gauntlet, armored glove, fr. M.E., fr. O.Fr., fr. Germanic] * * * demi·gaunt·let (dem″e gawntґlət) demigauntlet bandage … Medical dictionary
cesta — (SESS tah) [Spanish: basket] In the game of jai alai, the racket used for catching and throwing the ball. It has a narrow, curved wicker basket at one end and a glovelike fitting at the other … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
mitten — [mit′ n] n. [ME mytten < OFr mitaine < mite (in same sense), prob. orig. metaphorical use of mite, cat] 1. a glovelike covering for the hand, with a thumb but no separately divided fingers 2. former var. of MITT (sense 1) get the mitten or… … English World dictionary
