gauntlet

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

gantlet

glove

mitten

mitt

metal glove

challenge

process

service

serving

spats

subpoena

summons

writ

boxing gloves

judicial writ

service of process

process of monition

citation

dare

daring

monition

ordeal

Translations

guantelete

gantelet

gant

manopla

manopla

Kampfhandschuh

γάντι

περιχειρίδα

πρόκληση σε μάχη

μακρύ γάντι

manopola

guanto di armatura

pantserhandschoen

werkhandschoen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɔːnt.lət/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: gauntelett

Cognate with Dutch: want

Cognate with Danish: vante

Cognate with Swedish: vante

Cognate with Faroese: vøttur

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”).

Sentences

Kirin steals the Tear of heaven from Avranti and the Gauntlet of Tatsu.