mitten

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a glove with one section for the thumb and another shared section for the four fingers

   She pulled on a woollen mitten before stepping into the snow.

2. 2
   noun

   a paw whose coloring contrasts with the rest of an animal's coat

   The kitten raised one white mitten toward the dangling string.

From Middle English myteyne, borrowed from Old French mitaine. The French word is of uncertain origin; proposals connect it either with a pet name for a cat or with a Germanic word for 'middle' or 'half.'

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