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  2. Bōgu - Wikipedia

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    The flaps run along half of the belt's length, which should be positioned over the front half of the body. The centre flap is usually covered with a name tag— zekken ( ゼッケン ) or nafuda ( 名札 ) —that identifies the name of the wearer and the dōjō or country they represent.

  3. Glossary of cricket terms - Wikipedia

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    the half of the field to the rear of the batter as they take strike (also known as the on side). [1] Leg slip a fielding position equivalent to slip, but on the leg side. Leg spin the style of spin bowling produced by right-handed wrist spin. So called because the stock delivery is a leg break. Common variations include the googly, top spinner ...

  4. Glove - Wikipedia

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    A glove is a garment covering the hand, with separate sheaths or openings for each finger including the thumb. [1] Gloves protect and comfort hands against cold or heat, damage by friction, abrasion or chemicals, and disease; or in turn to provide a guard for what a bare hand should not touch.

  5. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2015 November 11

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    Is a fisted glove always symbolic of a "threat"? A fist is also a formation of the hand which grasps. The meanings associated with a glove dovetail with the implied characteristics of a rose insofar as a rose has thorns and a glove would protect against thorns. Bus stop 18:01, 11 November 2015 (UTC) Good points.

  6. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Urdu in its less formalised register is known as rekhta (ریختہ, rek̤h̤tah, 'rough mixture', Urdu pronunciation:); the more formal register is sometimes referred to as زبانِ اُردُوئے معلّٰى, zabān-i Urdū-yi muʿallá, 'language of the exalted camp' (Urdu pronunciation: [zəbaːn eː ʊrdu eː moəllaː]) or لشکری ...

  7. Weightlifting gloves - Wikipedia

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    Full finger gloves. These gloves cover the entire surface of the hand including the palms and fingers. They help protect the entire hand but may be less breathable than half finger or fingerless gloves, depending on their material. They often come with a wrist strap for support. [2] Fingerless gloves with an extended pad and wrist support

  8. 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).

  9. Hindustani vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, like all Indo-Aryan languages, has a core base of Sanskrit-derived vocabulary, which it gained through Prakrit. [1] As such the standardized registers of the Hindustani language (Hindi-Urdu) share a common vocabulary, especially on the colloquial level. [ 2 ]