Why is it called a glove compartment? I have never seen anyone keep gloves in there.?

Answer 1

OMG! You should listen to the beginning of "Title and Registration" by Death Cab for Cutie. No joke they ask the same thing haha.

Answer 2

A glove compartment or glovebox is a compartment built into the dashboard, located over the front-seat passenger's footwell in an automobile, often used for miscellaneous storage. The name derives from the original purpose of the compartment: to store gloves. In most vehicles, the glove compartment closes with a latch, with the option of being locked with a key (often necessary when using valet service, or when parking while the convertible top is down). Gloves were originally considered necessary equipment in early cars, many without a hard top, to prevent the cooling effect of fast-moving air from freeze numbing drivers' hands. Gloves are still considered necessary equipment on motorcycles for the same reason.

A glove compartment is occasionally referred to as a "jockey box," especially in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

Answer 3

Old terms for parts of a car are still used to day. The structure in front of the passengers is called a dashboard because in the days of horse and buggies when the horses would dash it would fling up dirt and mud. When horses were used, the driver would often wear gloves because these buggies were not heated in any way. So the dashboard became known as the structure infront of the driver and the compartment on it became known as the glove compartment.

Answer 4

Many years ago, it was the compartment where you kept your driving gloves.
How many people keep maps in the map pockets?

Origin of the glove compartment or glove box.
The name derives from the original purpose of the compartment: to store gloves.
Gloves were originally considered necessary equipment in early cars, many without a hard top, to prevent the cooling effect of fast-moving air from freeze numbing drivers' hands. Gloves are still considered necessary equipment on motorcycles for the same reason.

Answer 5

Because in the olden days women would get into the car and out of the cold in their fancy dresses and put their gloves in a specialy made compartment which was later called the Glove compartment/box and made alot bigger.

Answer 6

The name derives from the original purpose of the compartment: to store gloves.

Gloves were originally considered necessary equipment in early cars, many without a hard top, to prevent the cooling effect of fast-moving air from freeze numbing drivers' hands.

Answer 7

Beacuase in the days when folk wore gloves more than they do now, i.e. as a fashion accessory, that what they were used for.

The answer generally lies in history...

Answer 8

thats where race car drivers put their gloves. they use to only be in race cars

Answer 9

Maybe in the "olden days" of driving they did.

Answer 10

hi,
Never heard of this department store outside USA.

Thanks