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English

Alternative forms

• gantlet

Etymology 1

From 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”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: gônt’lət, (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔːnt.lət/

Noun

Gauntlets

gauntlet (plural gauntlets)

1. Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
2. A long glove covering the wrist.
3. (nautical) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.

Derived terms

• take up the gauntlet
• throw down the gauntlet

Translations

protective armor for the hands

• Bulgarian: бронирана ръкавица f (bronirana rǎkavica)
• Catalan: guantellet (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 铁手套

• Dutch: kaphandschoen, pansterhandschoen
• Finnish: taisteluhansikas
• French: gantelet (fr) m
• German: Kampfhandschuh m
• Irish: iarndóid f, lámhainn fhada f
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• Italian: guanto di armatura
• Middle High German: Hentze f
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} ابدست (abdast)
• Polish: rękawica (pl) f
• Portuguese: manopla f
• Russian: перча́тка (ru) f (perčátka), ла́тная рукави́ца f (látnaja rukavíca), рукави́ца (ru) f (rukavíca)
• Spanish: guantelete
• Tagalog: guwantelete

See also

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Etymology 2

From gantlope, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish gatlopp (“passageway”), from Old (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish gata (“lane”) + lopp (“course”), from löpa (“to run”)

Gauntlet track

Noun

gauntlet (plural gauntlets)

1. (archaic) Two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal as punishment
2. Simultaneous attack from two or more sides
3. (figuratively) Any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal, often one performed for atonement or punishment
4. (rail transport) A temporary convergence of two parallel railroad tracks allowing passage through a narrow opening in each direction without switching.

Derived terms

• running the gauntlet

Translations

two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal

• Danish: spidsrod
• Finnish: kujanjuoksu (fi)
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• German: Spießrutenlauf (de)

simultaneous attack from two or more sides

• Finnish: kujanjuoksu (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal

• Finnish: kujanjuoksu (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}