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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gaunt•let1 /ˈgɔntlɪt, ˈgɑnt-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Heraldrya medieval glove made partly with metal, worn with a suit of armor to protect the hand.
- Clothinga glove with an extended, long cuff:a police officer's motorcycle gauntlets.
Idioms- Idioms take up the gauntlet, to accept a challenge to fight.
- Idioms throw down the gauntlet, to challenge someone to fight.
gaunt•let2 /ˈgɔntlɪt, ˈgɑnt-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
- an attack from two or more sides.
Idioms- Idioms run the gauntlet, to suffer severe criticism or attacks.
Also, gantlet (for def. 1, 2. 4. in Unabridged dictionary). WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gaunt•let1 (gônt′lit, gänt′-),USA pronunciation n. - Heraldrya medieval glove, as of mail or plate, worn by a knight in armor to protect the hand.
- Clothinga glove with an extended cuff for the wrist.
- Clothingthe cuff itself.
- Idioms take up the gauntlet:
- to accept a challenge to fight:He was always willing to take up the gauntlet for a good cause.
- to show one's defiance. Also, take up the glove.
- Idioms throw down the gauntlet:
Also, throw down the glove. - Gmc *want-; compare Old Norse vǫttr
- Middle French, diminutive of gant glove
- late Middle English gantelet 1375–1425
- a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
- the two rows of men administering this punishment.
- an attack from two or all sides.
- trying conditions;
an ordeal. - gantlet1 (def. 1).
- Idioms run the gauntlet, to suffer severe criticism or tribulation.
v.t. - gantlet1 (def. 3).
Also, gantlet (for defs. 1, 2, 4). - alteration of gantlope 1670–80
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