gauntlet1 also
gantlet (
gnt'lĭt, gnt'-)
n.- A protective glove worn with medieval armor.
- A protective glove with a flared cuff, used in manual labor, in certain sports, and for driving.
- A challenge: throw down the gauntlet; take up the gauntlet.
- A dress glove cuffed above the wrist.
[Middle English, from Old French gantelet, diminutive of gant, glove, from Frankish *want.]
gauntlet2 also
gantlet (
gnt'lĭt, gnt'-)
n.- A form of punishment or torture in which people armed with sticks or other weapons arrange themselves in two lines facing each other and beat the person forced to run between them.
- The lines of people so arranged.
- An onslaught or attack from all sides: The hostages . . . ran the gauntlet of insult on their way to the airport (Harper's).
- A severe trial; an ordeal.
[Alteration (influenced by GAUNTLET1) of gantlope, from Swedish gatlopp : gata, lane (from Old Norse) + lopp, course, running (from Middle Low German lōp).]
WORD HISTORY The spelling gauntlet is acceptable for both gauntlet meaning glove or challenge and gauntlet meaning a form of punishment in which lines of men beat a person forced to run between them; but this has not always been the case. The story of the gauntlet used in to throw down the gauntlet is linguistically unexciting: it comes from the Old French word gantelet, a diminutive of gant, glove. From the time of its appearance in Middle English (in a work composed in 1449), the word has been spelled with an au as well as an a, still a possible spelling. But the gauntlet used in to run the gauntlet is an alteration of the earlier English form gantlope, which came from the Swedish word gatlopp, a compound of gata, lane, and lopp, course. The earliest recorded form of the English word, found in 1646, is gantelope, showing that alteration of the Swedish word had already occurred. The English word was then influenced by the spelling of the word gauntlet, glove, and in 1676 we find the first recorded instance of the spelling gauntlet for this word, although gantelope is found as late as 1836. From then on spellings with au and a are both found, but the au seems to have won out.
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words. The noun gauntlet has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
Synonym: metal glove
Meaning #2: a glove with long sleeve
Synonym: gauntlets
Gauntlet
Gauntlet (occasionally spelled gantlet) may mean:
- Gauntlet (gloves), protective gloves used as a form of armour.
- Gauntlet (arcade game), a video game originally produced in 1985 by Atari Games.
- Gauntlet (body piercing studio) founded by Jim Ward that pioneered the field of body piercing.
- Gauntlet (newspaper), a weekly newspaper published by students at the University of Calgary.
- Gauntlet (marking), the white markings on one or more of the legs of an animal such as a cat or rabbit, making them look like they have a long white glove on. Other examples of these leg markings are the sock and the glove; all three are defined by their different lengths.
- Gauntlet (proxy server)
- Gauntlet Systems, software company.
- SA-15 Gauntlet, Soviet surface-to-air missile.
- Gantlet track, a section of two railroad tracks that overlap to allow them to pass a narrow bridge or tunnel in little more than the space of one track.
- Running the gauntlet refers to a corporal punishment in which people armed with sticks or other weapons arrange themselves in two lines facing each other and beat the subject, who is forced to run between them.
- Gloster Gauntlet, a British biplane in active service in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Translations for: Gauntlet Nederlands (Dutch)
pantser-/ kaphandschoen, kap, spitsroede een uitdaging aanvaarden iemand uitdagen
Franais (French)
gant crispin, gantelet, ouverture
Deutsch (German)
n. - Panzerhandschuh, Stulpenhandschuh
n. - Spierutenlaufen, Gassenlaufen
ή (Greek)
n. ά ί ώ έ, ί ά
Italiano (Italian)
guanto
Portugus (Portuguese)
n. - manopla (f), luva (f) forte e rstica, punho (m) largo de luva, castigo (m) para soldados e marinheiros, de passar pelas varas (Mil.)
Русский (Russian)
рукавица принимать вызов бросать вызов
Espaol (Spanish)
n. - guantelete, guante
n. - baquetas
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sporthandske, jrnhandske
中国话 (Simplified Chinese)
n. - 金属护手, 臂铠, 保护手套, 长手套
n. - 夹道鞭笞的刑罚, 交叉射击, 交叉火网
中國話 (Traditional Chinese)
n. - 金屬護手, 臂鎧, 保護手套, 長手套
n. - 夾道鞭笞的刑罰, 交叉射擊, 交叉火網
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - こて, 長手袋
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) قفاز يقبل التحدي
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - כפפה ארוכה, כפפה משוריינת, חלק הכפפה המכסה את פרק-היד
n. - היות מותקף עי ביקורת קשה, הליכה בין שתי שורות אנשים וספיגת מכות מהם
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