gauntlet
gaunt·let1 / ˈgôntlit; ˈgänt-/ • n. a stout glove with a long loose wrist. ∎ hist. an armored glove, as worn by a medieval knight. ∎ the part of a glove covering the wrist.PHRASES: take up (or throw down) the gauntlet accept (or issue) a challenge.gaunt·let2 (also gant·let / ˈgantlit; ˈgônt-/ ) • n. (in phrase run the gauntlet) 1. go through an intimidating or dangerous crowd, place, or experience in order to reach a goal: they had to run the gauntlet of television cameras.2. hist. undergo the military punishment of receiving blows while running between two rows of men with sticks.
gauntlet
gauntlet2 in phr. run the gauntlet. XVII. alt., by assim. to prec., of †gantlope (XVII–XIX) — Sw. gatlopp, f. gata lane, GATE2 + lopp course (see LEAP); a term introduced through the Thirty Years War.
gauntlet
gauntlet
gauntlet1 metal-plated glove of medieval armour. XV. — (O)F. gantelet, dim. of gant glove :- Gmc. *want-, extant only in ON. vǫttr (:- *wantuz) glove; see -LET.
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