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2. Cut-resistant gloves - Wikipedia

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   In personal protective equipment (PPE), cut-resistant gloves are those designed to protect the wearer's hands from cuts while working with sharp tools. They can be divided into metal mesh gloves, cut-and-sewn, and seamless knitted gloves. [2] Metal mesh gloves are a form of chainmail, and are made of rings of stainless steel. They are typically ...

3. Glove - Wikipedia

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   Western women's gloves for formal and semi-formal wear come in three lengths: wrist ("matinee"), elbow, and opera or full-length (over the elbow, reaching to the biceps). Satin and stretch satin are popular and mass-produced. Some women wear gloves as part of "dressy" outfits, such as for church and weddings.

4. Evening glove - Wikipedia

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   Evening gloves or opera gloves are a type of formal glove that reaches beyond the elbow worn by women. Women's gloves for formal and semi-formal wear come in three lengths for women: wrist , elbow , and opera or full-length (over the elbow, usually reaching to the biceps but sometimes to the full length of the arm).

5. Personal protective equipment - Wikipedia

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   Any form of PPE that acts as a barrier between the skin and the agent of exposure can be considered skin protection. Because much work is done with the hands, gloves are an essential item in providing skin protection. Some examples of gloves commonly used as PPE include rubber gloves, cut-resistant gloves, chainsaw gloves and heat-resistant ...

6. Textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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   The ginned cotton fibre, known as lint, is then compressed into bales which are about 1.5 m tall and weigh almost 220 kg. Only 33% of the crop is usable lint. Commercial cotton is graded and priced according to its quality; this broadly relates to the average length of the staple and the variety of the plant.

7. Gauntlet (glove) - Wikipedia

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   A demi-gaunt is a type of plate armour gauntlet that only protects the back of the hand and the wrist: demi-gaunts are worn with gloves made from chain mail or padded leather. The advantages of the demi-gaunt are that it allows better dexterity and is lighter than a full gauntlet, but the disadvantage is that the fingers are not as well protected.