| 单词 | to gather the gauntlet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto gather the gauntlet c. to cast (out) the gauntlet, to fling out (or down) the gauntlet, to throw (down) the gauntlet (= French jeter le gant): to give a challenge, from the medieval custom of throwing down a glove or gauntlet in challenging an opponent: cf. gage n.1 2 to pick up the gauntlet, to take up the gauntlet, to gather the gauntlet (rare): to accept a challenge (F. relever le gant); to undertake the defence of a person or opinion. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > [verb (intransitive)] > challenge to hostilities to cast (out) the gauntlet1548 wheel1875 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > challenge or challenging > challenge [verb (intransitive)] to cast (out) the gauntlet1548 to throw (down) the gauntlet1548 to cast one's mitten1589 to bid the basea1616 to cast, take up, throw (down) the glove1896 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > offer challenge of single combat or duel challengec1380 to swear outa1440 to cast (out) the gauntlet1548 to fling out (or down) the gauntlet1548 to throw (down) the gauntlet1548 to challenge a person the fielda1616 to step forward1813 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > challenge or challenging > challenge [verb (intransitive)] > accept a challenge to pick up the gauntlet1548 to call one's (or the) bluff1876 society > armed hostility > [verb (intransitive)] > challenge to hostilities > accept challenge to gather the gauntlet1851 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxvj Makynge a proclamacion, that whosoeuer woulde saie that kynge Richard was not lawefully kynge, he woulde fighte with hym at the vtteraunce, and threwe downe his gauntlet. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. D4v I cast them my Gauntlet, take it vp who dares. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) lxi. 205 And casting out as it were, his gantlet of defiance..he challengeth them all. 1632 T. Heywood 1st Pt. Iron Age ii, in Wks. (1874) III. 297 See'st thou not Æacides Dart emmulous lookes on Kingly Diomed, Least hee should stoope to take his Gantlet vp. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 68 Yee that will fling out the gantlet to him that calls you Coward. 1784 Biographia Britannica (ed. 2) III. Corrig. & Add. at Bentley This [challenge] the Poet communicated to some of his military friends; two or three of whom..took up the gauntlet. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. ix. 204 The duchess of Drinkwater appeared upon the field of fashion, and threw down the gauntlet of defiance to Belgrave. 1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 363 This was a declaration of war to Mazzini, and he was not slow in gathering the gauntlet thus wantonly thrown. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. lxvii. 249 [She] had thrown down her gauntlet to him, and he had not been slow in picking it up. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 146 The commons at once took up the gauntlet. < as lemmas |
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