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gauntlet (noun)

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  • gauntlet — Ⅰ. gauntlet [1] ► NOUN 1) a stout glove with a long loose wrist. 2) a glove worn as part of medieval armour, made of leather with protective steel plates. ● take up (or throw down) the gauntlet Cf. ↑throw down the gauntlet …   English terms dictionary

  • gauntlet — noun 1 (C) a long glove (1) that covers someone s wrist and protects their hand, for example in a factory 2 (C) a glove (1) covered in metal, used for protection by soldiers in past times 3 throw down the gauntlet to invite someone to fight or… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • gauntlet cuff — noun : a cuff (as on women s wear) narrow at the wrist and flaring above in resemblance to the cuff of a gauntlet …   Useful english dictionary

  • gauntlet glove — noun see gauntlet I, 3a …   Useful english dictionary

  • gauntlet — noun a) Protective armor for the hands. The hands were defended by Gauntlets, these were sometimes of chain mail, but oftener of small plates of iron rivetted together, in imitation of the lobsters tail, so as to yield every motion of the hand,… …   Wiktionary

  • gauntlet — I. /ˈgɔntlət / (say gawntluht) noun 1. a medieval glove, as of mail or plate, to protect the hand. 2. a glove with a cuff like extension for the wrist. 3. the cuff itself. –phrase 4. take up the gauntlet, to accept a challenge, originally to a… …  

  • gauntlet — The gauntlet of ‘run the gauntlet’ has no etymological connection with gauntlet ‘glove’ [15]. The latter was borrowed from Old French gantelet, a diminutive form of gant ‘glove’. This was originally a Germanic loanword, with surviving relatives… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • gauntlet — The gauntlet of ‘run the gauntlet’ has no etymological connection with gauntlet ‘glove’ [15]. The latter was borrowed from Old French gantelet, a diminutive form of gant ‘glove’. This was originally a Germanic loanword, with surviving relatives… …   Word origins

  • gauntlet — I. noun also gantlet Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French gantelet, diminutive of gant glove, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch want glove, Old Norse vǫttr Date: 15th century 1. a glove worn with medieval armor to …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • gauntlet — gaunt|let [ gɔntlət ] noun count a thick heavy GLOVE that you wear to protect your hand and lower arm run the gauntlet to experience a difficult situation, for example a lot of questions, criticism, or attacks: run the gauntlet of: It s either… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • gauntlet — UK [ˈɡɔːntlət] / US [ˈɡɔntlət] noun [countable] Word forms gauntlet : singular gauntlet plural gauntlets a thick heavy glove that you wear to protect your hand and lower arm • run the gauntlet throw down the gauntlet …   English dictionary

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