GAUNTLET
\ɡˈɔːntlət], \ɡˈɔːntlət], \ɡ_ˈɔː_n_t_l_ə_t]\
Definitions of GAUNTLET
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
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a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
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to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.
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A long glove, covering the wrist.
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A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
By Oddity Software
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A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.
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A long glove, covering the wrist.
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A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
By Noah Webster.
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A military or naval punishment, formerly practiced; a mailed glove, or one with a long wrist-extension. Also, gantlet.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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A punishment wherein the victim ran between two rows of men who struck him with clubs as he passed.
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A knight's leather glove covered with metal plates; a glove with long wristlet; also, the wristlet.
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Same as GANTLET.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Gantelet.
By Robley Dunglison
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- American journalist, verse-writer, editor, lecturer; born in New York city, Oct. 2, 1835. was long known as editor on the Independent(1856-72). established Golden Age(newspaper), but retired from it after two years. 1883 went abroad, where remained. Besides numerous essays fugitive pieces, he has published: "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems"(1867); "Sanctum Sanctorum; or, An Editor's Proof Sheets"(1869); "Tempest-Tossed", a romance(1873); "Thou I"(1880); "Suabian Stories",(1882). Died 1907.