handed glove

English translation: glove intended to suit either right or lef hand

14:27 Oct 15, 2005

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / protective gloves

English term or phrase: handed glove

This technology gives this reusable, handed glove excellent moisture absorption capabilities.

Any ideas?

Andrey Belousov (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 54 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 4904 United States
Local time: 11:39

Selected answer:glove intended to suit either right or lef hand

Explanation:
There are no words missing, the term 'handed' used alone like this is ever so common in loads of technical contexts -- it just means that there is a specific design difference between left- and right-hand gloves (as is usually the case with fashion or work gloves gloves, but NOT with 'un-handed' diposables, which fit either hand equally well [or badly!])

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Note added at 1 hr 44 mins (2005-10-15 16:12:16 GMT)
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Sorry: left hand, of course!

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Sorry, Rita, but I'm on a slow, pay-as-you-go internet connection here, so I can't afford to do Googling that other people can do for themselves. All I can tell you is that it certainly IS common in the UK; and it is used in loads of other fields than just gloves, particularly for thing like scissors etc. that might come in left or right versions. Also used for more mechanical things that might come in L/R pairs, or be described as unhanded or non-handed, in other words, L - R interchangeable.

Trust me, this is an expression I've been familiar with and used very often for over 20 years, I don't care with anyone's actually put it on the Net or not, IT EXISTS!

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Note added at 1 hr 59 mins (2005-10-15 16:26:35 GMT)
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OK, here you go, just one of loads of Googles for "handed pair" (relevant ones!)

BMW Mintex Pads & Discs by Auto Performance Products Ltd.

M3 3.0 (Handed Pair) 92-9/95
M3 3.2 (Handed Pair) 10/95-01.
-. NA. Pair rear vented brake discs for BMW 3 Series M3 (E36) - MDC1256DG ...

www.a-pp.com/shop/mintex_bmw.htm

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I beg to differ, Rita: ANYTHING that comes in specifically-designed L/R pairs can be described as 'handed', from brake disc to cherub brackets to loudspeakers to door hinges... it's also a common-enough term in my own specialist field of electronics.

It's just that it doesn't come up very often, and maybe it isn't so common in the US as in the UK.

Selected response from:

Tony M
France
Local time: 17:39

Grading comment

Many thanks to all the answerers! Dusty, you persuaded me. Special thanks to Rita Heller.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

5 +8

glove intended to suit either right or lef hand

Tony M

4 +2

two possibilities:

Brie Vernier

3 +2

a word is missing-either left, right, or two-

RHELLER

5 -1

fingered glove/ as distinguished from a fingerless glove

Tegan Raleigh

hand-conforming glove with fingers that can be used on either hand

Elizabeth Lyons

2 +2

a glove with handedness

Michael Barnett

Discussion entries: 8

Answers

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

fingered glove/ as distinguished from a fingerless glove

Explanation:
driving gloves often don't have fingers. i read this as an indication that it's a "fingered glove." i probably wouldn't go with the suggestion that the "right' or "left" is missing, because usually gloves come in pairs, and i'm assuming this is ad copy for a pair of gloves.

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Note added at 1 hr 36 mins (2005-10-15 16:04:17 GMT)
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also Rachel's suggestion that the "fingered glove" is to be distinguished from mittens is good

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Note added at 1 hr 37 mins (2005-10-15 16:05:10 GMT)
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Now I've read Rita's comment, too, about the "uni-glove." That makes sense too.

Tegan Raleigh
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

9 mins confidence:

hand-conforming glove with fingers that can be used on either hand

Explanation:
It might be short for mono-hand or one hand glove that can be used right or left but, it could just mean that it has fingers. A bit unusual.

Flexible hand-conforming protective glove - Patent 4864660A flexible hand glove to whose multi-dimensionally stretchable back portion is attached a protective package to protect the back of the hand while still ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/4864660.html - 25k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from www.freepatentsonline.com ]

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OK, for what this is worth, I just emailed one of my civil engineering/construction clients and he says this is just a glove with fingers as opposed to a mit.

Elizabeth Lyons
United States
Local time: 08:39
Native speaker of:

English

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

a glove with handedness

Explanation:
In my heart I know Dusty is right but Google hits are surprisingly rare.
If you eliminate right-handed, left-handed, one-handed, double-handed, small-handed, large-handed, sure-handed, and full-handed gloves, you are left with lyrics from a Soundgarden song which literally refer to a glove with a hand in it!

There is also a clever reference to not getting caught wearing red-handed gloves. ;-)

There IS a reference to handed gloves which might possibly fit his definition, but the link appears to be dead.
See Munroe Process Technologies, Inc.

Michael Barnett
Local time: 11:39
Native speaker of:

English

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

two possibilities:

Explanation:
The way I see it, either this is a typo for a "hand glove", i.e. a glove for the hand (in which case the preceding comma is superfluous), or it is a glove designed for a specific hand, i.e. a right-handed glove or a left-handed glove

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Re. "handy" ... certainly a (remote) possibility, in the sense of convenient, but doesn't seem terribly likely to me in this context.

Re. Elizabeth's comment to Dusty ("it is standard for gloves to be left OR right"), I disagree. There are, for example, latex gloves for iuse e.g. in hospitals, doctors' offices, etc. that are suitable for either hand. You pull one out of a box and put it on whichever hand you choose. Then there are other gloves that simply don't fit quite right if, for example, they are made for the right hand and you try putting them on your left hand. That is what I meant by my second suggestion.

Brie Vernier
Germany
Local time: 17:39
Native speaker of: English

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

a word is missing-either left, right, or two-

Explanation:
The Virginia Quarterly Review - THE LEFT-HANDED GLOVE (A MEMORY)Yet the shock of having had the left-handed glove taken from me and made into an emblem of my extravagance and frivolity, has remained with me. ...
www.vqronline.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/7300 - 54k - Cached - Similar pages

Golf glove - Patent 3930271One prior art device comprises a two-handed glove to force the two hands of a ... Certain prior art devices such as the two-handed glove mentioned above, ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/3930271.html

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Glove lines work, but are more expensive. Unihand gloves provide more glovers per buck. Get some 100% silicone caulk, what ever brand, and rub it in to the ...
members.tripod.com/jls_website/uwh/Recruiting.htm

Patent 4578823: Safety hand protector... shape of a mitten. 5. The device according to claim 3 wherein said glove is in the form of a uni-hand glove. 6. The device according ...
freepatentsonline.com/4578823.html

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Two-handed
Able to use both hands with equal facility; ambidextrous.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/T0441100.html

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 09:39
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

glove intended to suit either right or lef hand

Tony M
France
Local time: 17:39
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

Many thanks to all the answerers! Dusty, you persuaded me. Special thanks to Rita Heller.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

RHELLER: please post references; sorry but a handed pair of brake discs is not the same

3 mins

-> Thanks, Rita! Please see just one example (of many) above...

agree

Elizabeth Lyons: Dusty, since it is standard for gloves to be left OR right, why would the term be used in the first place if this is its meaning?//Sold! ; ))

1 hr

-> Thanks, Elizabeth! I'm sure they're differentiating between low-quality, unhanded, disposable gloves and their own superior, re-usable, handed ones that fit better and are more comfortable

agree

Michael Barnett: I think you are right. See below.

1 hr

-> Thanks, Michael!

agree

Margaret Schroeder: I think you are right, but the way you expressed it, I thought at first that you meant the opposite. You mean NON-interchangeable, right?

1 hr

-> Thanks, G/W! Yes, indeed, I can see how my headword answer might be mis-read, but I think my first sentence makes it clear, no? Definitely: gloves designed specifically for one hand or the other, not both.

agree

Rachel Fell: Yes, of course, I am familiar with it - it just didn't occur to me seeing this in isolation. A glove with attitude! Presumably it says "please select left or right" when ordering!

2 hrs

-> Thanks, Rachel! I presume in fact they probably come in pairs anyway... // Wow, Rachel, I had to look up your 'chirality' ;-)

agree

juvera: As you say, it is common in the UK.

6 hrs

-> Thanks, Juvera! And thanks for that confirmation...

agree

Rafal Korycinski

7 hrs

-> Thanks, Rafal!

agree

Kevin Kelly: This link is in a different context, but it refers to the use of "handed" in precisely the way Dusty suggests. http://www.peterhyattlocksmith.com.au/glossary.php

17 hrs

-> Thanks, Kevin! Helpful link!

agree

Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.

21 hrs

-> Thanks, Saleh!

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