Gauntlet

[gaunt·let]

A gauntlet is a glove covered in steel that was worn in suits of armor, but it also means punishment or, when "throwing down the gauntlet," a challenge.

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See Gantlet.

Noun
a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim

Noun
a glove with long sleeve

Noun
a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

Noun
to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"

n.
See Gantlet.

n.
A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.

n.
A long glove, covering the wrist.

n.
A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.

Gauntlet

Gaunt"let , n. (Mil.) See Gantlet.

Gauntlet

Gaunt"let , n. [F. gantelet, dim. of gant glove, LL. wantus, of Teutonic origin; cf. D. want, Sw. & Dan. vante, Icel. v'94ttr, for vantr.] 1. A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds. &hand; The gauntlet of the Middle Ages was sometimes of chain mail, sometimes of leather partly covered with plates, scales, etc., of metal sewed to it, and, in the 14th century, became a glove of small steel plates, carefully articulated and covering the whole hand except the palm and the inside of the fingers. 2. A long glove, covering the wrist. 3. (Naut.) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying. To take up the gauntlet, to accept a challenge. -- To throw down the gauntlet, to offer or send a challenge. The gauntlet or glove was thrown down by the knight challenging, and was taken up by the one who accepted the challenge; -- hence the phrases.

See Gantlet.

A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.

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Usage Examples

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

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