A glove, especially one used in baseball, or a hand.
Short for 'mitten,' which comes from Middle French 'mite' meaning 'small.' The word originally described hand coverings in cold weather, and baseball adopted it for the specialized padded glove used to catch balls.
Baseball gloves are called 'mitts' because they descended from mittens—the same simple hand coverings your grandmother wore in winter! The padding was added later to protect catchers.
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