mitt

 
Pronunciation: /mɪt/

noun

(usually mitts)
  • a mitten: woolly mitts
  • a glove leaving the fingers and thumb-tip exposed.
  • (also baseball mitt) Baseball a large fingerless glove worn by the catcher or first baseman.
  • informal a person’s hand: it’s essential to get your mitts on a pair of low-slung combat trousers

Origin:

mid 18th century: abbreviation of mitten