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fingerstall

[ fing-ger-stawl ]

noun

  1. a covering used to protect a finger.


fingerstall

/ ˈfɪŋɡəˌstɔːl /

noun

  1. a protective covering for a finger Also calledcotfingertip
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fingerstall1

First recorded in 1425–75, fingerstall is from late Middle English fyngyr stalle. See finger, stall 1
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Example Sentences

And he is the first of the epicures who is said to have eaten his meat with fingerstalls on, in order to convey it to his mouth as warm as possible.

Gloves are not much use in the prairie frost, and mittens, which are not divided into fingerstalls, will within limits fit almost anybody.

Here and there, on the dry bank over which the clematis projected like an eave, there stood tall campanulas, their blue bells as large as the fingerstall of a foxglove.

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