mitten

UK: /ˈmɪt^ən/ US: /ˈmɪtən/ ,(mit′n)

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mit•ten /ˈmɪtən/   n. [countable]

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

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mit•ten  (mit′n), n. 

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

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

mit′ten•like′, adj. 

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mitten / ˈmɪt^ən/ noun

1. a glove having one section for the thumb and a single section for the other fingers
   Sometimes shortened to: mitt
2. a boxing glove

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French mitaine, of uncertain origin