Gauntlet
61gauntlet — gaunt·let || gÉ”Ëntlɪt n. armored medieval glove (part of a knight s armor); glove with a cuff that covers the wrist …
62Gauntlet — Defensive cover for a knight s hand. An armoured glove, often formed of a single plate for the back of the hand, and smaller overlapping plates for the fingers, enabling them to move easily …
63gauntlet — n 1. glove, mitten; mail, armor. 2. ordeal, trial, tribulation, suffering, punishment, adversity; affliction, misery, distress, hardship, hard times …
64gauntlet — gaunt·let …
65Gauntlet — The piece of plate armor which protects the knights hand and wrist …
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66gauntlet — A long sleeved leather glove used by motorcyclists to prevent wasps from flying up the sleeve, as one did to me …
67gauntlet — A former type of military punishment in which the offender was required to pass between two files of soldiers who struck him with sticks or whips as he passed. A punishment sometimes imposed by a kangaroo court …
68To take up the gauntlet — Gauntlet Gaunt let, n. [F. gantelet, dim. of gant glove, LL. wantus, of Teutonic origin; cf. D. want, Sw. & Dan. vante, Icel. v[ o]ttr, for vantr.] 1. A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds. [1913 Webster] Note: The… …
69To throw down the gauntlet — Gauntlet Gaunt let, n. [F. gantelet, dim. of gant glove, LL. wantus, of Teutonic origin; cf. D. want, Sw. & Dan. vante, Icel. v[ o]ttr, for vantr.] 1. A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds. [1913 Webster] Note: The… …
70gauntlet anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand and wrist; called also glove a …