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# Protective [[armor]] for the [[hand]]s, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
# Protective [[armor]] for the [[hand]]s, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
#* {{quote-text|year=1786|author=Francis Grose|title=A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons|page=22|passage=The hands were defended by [[gauntlet|Gauntlets]], these were sometimes of chain [[mail]], but oftener of small plates of iron [[rivet]]ted together, in imitation of the [[lobster]]'s tail, so as to yield every motion of the hand, some [[gauntlet]]s [[inclose]]d the whole hand, as in a box or case, others were divided into [[finger]]s, each finger consisting of eight or ten separate pieces, the inside [[glove]]d with [[buff]] [[leather]], some of these reached no higher than the [[wrist]], others to the [[elbow]]; the latter were [[stile]]d long armed [[gauntlet]]s: many of them are to be seen in the Tower; for a representation of one of them, see plate 26, fig 6.}}
#* {{quote-text|lang=en|year=1786|author=Francis Grose|title=A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons|page=22|passage=The hands were defended by [[gauntlet|Gauntlets]], these were sometimes of chain [[mail]], but oftener of small plates of iron [[rivet]]ted together, in imitation of the [[lobster]]'s tail, so as to yield every motion of the hand, some [[gauntlet]]s [[inclose]]d the whole hand, as in a box or case, others were divided into [[finger]]s, each finger consisting of eight or ten separate pieces, the inside [[glove]]d with [[buff]] [[leather]], some of these reached no higher than the [[wrist]], others to the [[elbow]]; the latter were [[stile]]d long armed [[gauntlet]]s: many of them are to be seen in the Tower; for a representation of one of them, see plate 26, fig 6.}}
# A long [[glove]] covering the [[wrist]].
# A long [[glove]] covering the [[wrist]].
# {{lb|en|nautical}} A [[rope]] on which [[hammock]]s or [[clothes]] are hung for drying.
# {{lb|en|nautical}} A [[rope]] on which [[hammock]]s or [[clothes]] are hung for drying.

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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”).

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Noun

Gauntlets

gauntlet (plural gauntlets)

  1. Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
    • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 22:
      The hands were defended by Gauntlets, these were sometimes of chain mail, but oftener of small plates of iron rivetted together, in imitation of the lobster's tail, so as to yield every motion of the hand, some gauntlets inclosed the whole hand, as in a box or case, others were divided into fingers, each finger consisting of eight or ten separate pieces, the inside gloved with buff leather, some of these reached no higher than the wrist, others to the elbow; the latter were stiled long armed gauntlets: many of them are to be seen in the Tower; for a representation of one of them, see plate 26, fig 6.
  2. A long glove covering the wrist.
  3. (nautical) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
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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.
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