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n. geharnaste handschoen uit Middeleeuwen (gedeelte van harnas van de ridders); handschoen met een manchet dat de pols bedekt'segment van dubbele spoorwegrails gevormd door twee paralelliggende sporen die tijdelijke samenlopen waarbij elk gedeelte onafhankelijk is van elkaar en waarbij het rijden over hetzelfde stuk grond op een nauw gedeelte de doorgang mogelijk maakt zonder te hoeven omschakelen→ gauntlet gauntlet/ -
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n. kaphandschoen, sport/werkhandschoen; het spitsroeden (moeten) lopen1 kaphandschoen ⇒ sport/werkhandschoen, lange dameshandschoen♦voorbeelden:pick/take up the gauntlet • de uitdaging aanvaarden
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Gantlet — Gant let, n. [Gantlet is corrupted fr. gantlope; gantlope is for gatelope, Sw. gatlopp, orig., a running down a lane; gata street, lane + lopp course, career, akin to l[ o]pa to run. See {Gate} a way, and {Leap}.] A military punishment formerly… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gantlet — gantlet1 [gônt′lit, gänt′lit, gant′lit] n. [earlier gantlope < Swed gatlopp, a running down a lane < gata, lane (akin to Ger gasse: see GAIT) + lopp, a run, akin to LEAP] 1. a) a former military punishment in which the offender had to run… … English World dictionary
Gantlet — Gant let, n. A glove. See {Gauntlet}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gantlet — GANTLÉT s. n. mănuşă pentru armură, acoperită cu lame de fier. (< fr., engl. gantelet) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
gantlet — see GAUNTLET (Cf. gauntlet) (1) … Etymology dictionary
gantlet — gantlet1 /gant lit, gawnt /, n. 1. Railroads. a track construction used in narrow places, in which two parallel tracks converge so that their inner rails cross, run parallel, and diverge again, thus allowing a train to remain on its own track at… … Universalium
gantlet — See gantlet, gauntlet, gamut … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
gantlet — Synonyms and related words: battle cry, bid to combat, brass knuckles, cesta, cestus, challenge, confinement, dare, defi, defy, dismemberment, double dare, estrapade, gage, gage of battle, galleys, gauntlet, glove, handwear, hard labor,… … Moby Thesaurus
gantlet — , gauntlet For the sense of running between two lines of aggressors (whether literally or metaphorically) the normal spelling is gantlet, though gauntlet is usually also accepted. For the idea of a glove thrown down in challenge, the invariable … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
gantlet — Ⅰ. gant·let1 (gônt’lĭt, gänt’ ) n. ▸ A section of double railroad tracks formed by the temporary convergence of two otherwise parallel tracks in such a way that each set remains independent while traversing the same ground, affording passage at a … Word Histories
gantlet — US var. of GAUNTLET(2). * * * gantlet obs. form of gauntlet … Useful english dictionary