mitten

[ mit-n ]

noun

1. a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
2. mitt ( def 4 ).

mitten

/ ˈmɪtən /

noun

1. a glove having one section for the thumb and a single section for the other fingers Sometimes shortened tomitt
2. slang.
   a boxing glove

Other Words From

• mitten·like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mitten¹

1350–1400; Middle English miteyn < Middle French, Old French mitaine, equivalent to mite mitten (< ?) + -aine -an

Word History and Origins

Origin of mitten¹

C14: from Old French mitaine, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

On a sweltering evening in the thumb pad of Michigan’s mitten, a self-described prophet promised 700 Christians under a crisp white tent that they were about to cheat death.

From Slate

What may be surprising, though, is where the Mitten’s locus of power seems to emanate from these days—as well as the types of Michiganders who are gaining national attention and power as a result.

From Slate

In molecules, chirality can make biological or chemical units exist in two versions that cannot be perfectly matched, as in a left and right mitten.

From Science Daily

They can mirror each other precisely, but a left mitten will never fit the right hand as well as it fits the left hand.

From Science Daily

“Busier than a moth in a mitten!”

From Literature

Related Words

• mitt