black gloves
Noir finger coverings
Black gloves are gloves that are black in color.
The phrase has no fixed idiomatic meaning, though black gloves carry certain associations—formality in evening wear, anonymity in crime fiction, authority on police or military personnel.
She pulled on her black gloves before stepping into the cold.
The butler wore white gloves; the chauffeur wore black.
- leatherTanned animal skin
- velvetThick-pile textile
- formalFollowing strict protocol
- formal wearElegant occasion clothing
- evening gownWoman's floor-length formal dress
elegance · chauffeur · butler · mystery · evening · opera · winter · fingers · silk · satin · crime · crime scene · disguise · fashion · mourning · sleek · sophisticated · magician
- riding gearriding boots, riding helmet, riding jacket, riding pants, breeches
- glovesmittens, gauntlets, first baseman's mitt
- Giallomasked killer, straight razor, stylized violence, whodunit, amateur detective
- colored accessoriesred scarf, blue belt, red hat, turquoise bracelet
- costume glovesmonster hands, bear paws, dragon claws
- funeral clothburial shroud, funeral shroud, death shroud, shroud, white shroud