gauntlet
Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combatProtective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
» We had to run the gauntlet of entrenched defenders.
Meaning
9 sensesProtective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
Kampfhandschuh, Fehdehandschuh, Panzerhandschuh
перча́ткаperčátka, ла́тная рукави́цаlátnaja rukavíca, рукави́цаrukavíca
A long glove covering the wrist.
Stulpe
a glove with long sleeve
A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
An eruption of pellagra on the hands.
A simultaneous attack from two or more sides.
(figuratively)Any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal, often one performed for atonement or punishment.
Spießrutenlauf
A fight against swarms of relatively minor enemies in the form of multiple waves, often but not always preceding a boss.
Overlapping parallel rail tracks; either to allowing passage through a narrow opening in each direction without switching, or to allow vehicles of a larger gauge to pass through a station without hitting the platforms.
(archaic)Two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal as punishment.
Spießrutenlauf
Examples
5 sentencesWe had to run the gauntlet of entrenched defenders.
Will she be able to pick up the gauntlet?
Will you be able to pick up the gauntlet?
Tom was so angry that he was about to throw down the gauntlet.
Tom threw down the gauntlet. He was ready to fight.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English gauntelett, gantlett, a borrowing from Old French gantelet (“gauntletFrom Middle English gauntelett, gantlett, a borrowing from Old French gantelet (“gauntlet worn by a knight in armor, a token of one's personality or person, and symbolizing a challenge”), diminutive of gant (“glove”), a borrowing from Frankish *want (“glove; mitten”) and reinforced by Medieval Latin wantus (“glove”) itself borrowed from the former, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove; mitten”). Cognate with Dutch want (“mitten; shroud”), German Low German Want (“shroud”), Danish vante (“mitten”), Swedish vante (“glove; mitten”), Faroese vøttur (“glove; mitten”).
Modified, under the influence of etymology 1, from gantlope, from Swedish gatlopp (“passageway”), from Old Swedish gata (“lane”) + lopp (“course”), from löpa (“to run”)
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Forms
plural: gauntletsSynonyms
2 synonyms- 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:gantlet
- a glove with long sleeve:gantlet
- a glove of armored leather; protects the hand:gantletmetal glove
- to offer or accept a challenge:gantlet