gloveless
Without hand coverings
Gloveless means without gloves, having bare hands.
The word appears in contexts where gloves would normally be expected or required: gloveless surgeons in wartime field hospitals, gloveless boxers in bare-knuckle fights.
It can suggest vulnerability, intimacy, or disregard for protection.
Out in open
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- uncoveredMade visible or known
at risk · raw · open · unshielded · unsafe · hazardous · contamination · chemicals
Appendages of the hand
- palmsHands' inner sides
- handsGripping limbs' extremities
- gripSecure manual hold
- graspSeize or understand
manual · dexterity · fingertips · knuckles · handiwork · craftsmanship · artisan · pottery
exposed
Out in open
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- defenselessWithout means to resist
uncovered · at risk · raw · open · unshielded · unsafe · hazardous · contamination · chemicals · splinters
fingers
Appendages of the hand
grasp · manual · dexterity · fingertips · knuckles · handiwork · craftsmanship · artisan · pottery · sculpting
touch
Perceiving through physical contact
skin · fingertips · sensitive · contact · caress · stroke · palpation · nerve endings · pressure · receptors
frostbite
Freezing of body tissue
winter · ice · snow · windchill · shivering · hypothermia · blizzard · frost · reddened · chapped