unglove

English

Etymology

From Middle English ungloven, equivalent to un- +‎ glove.

Verb

unglove (third-person singular simple present ungloves, present participle ungloving, simple past and past participle ungloved)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To remove a glove or gloves (from).
   • undated, John Keats, Sonnet to a Lady seen for a Few Moments at Vauxhall

     Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand, / Since I was tangled in thy beauty's web, / And snared by the ungloving of thine hand. —

   • 1848, Family Herald - Volume 6, page 778:

     If ladies go from the ball-room to the supper-room for half an hour, they are not expected to unglove...But, if the supper be final, and close the evening's entertainment, they may unglove, if they please.

   • 1903, Richard Linthicum, The Educational Encyclopedia of Common Things:

     Formerly, strict etiquette demanded that a person should unglove the hand before offering it to another in friendly greeting.

   • 2014, Theresa Criscitelli, Fast Facts for the Operating Room Nurse:

     A simple way to remember how to unglove safely is “glove to glove, skin to skin.”