Gloves
A glove is a piece of material that is made to cover a ladies hands, usually in colder months and generally go with coats. Aside from being used to keep hands warm, they are also used to prevent damage to the hands when performing hard work, and even keep deadly chemicals from injuring ones hands.
Women used gloves throughout history for a number of differnet reasons, the first of which was when gardening. Because there are rocks, sticks and other things which can scratch and pole ones hands, ladies found that wearing tough gloves when gardening they could do harder work without being hurt by everything in the garden.
Women also found gloves to be a great fashion accessory, especially among upper class ladies. They would wear light weight, fancy gloves that go with the rest of their outfit.