gauntlet

Senso (Inglese)

  1. Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
  2. A long glove covering the wrist.
  3. A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
  4. An eruption of pellagra on the hands.

Concetti

guanto di armatura

Traduzioni

Kampfhandschuh

γάντι

περιχειρίδα

πρόκληση σε μάχη

μακρύ γάντι

pantserhandschoen

werkhandschoen

pansterhandschoen

kaphandschoen

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈɡɔːnt.lət/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

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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