gauntlet 音标拼音: [g'ɔntlət]
n . 铁手套,长手套,手腕,交叉射击
铁手套,长手套,手腕,交叉射击
gauntlet n 1 :
to offer or accept a challenge ; "
threw down the gauntlet ";
"
took up the gauntlet " [
synonym : {
gauntlet }, {
gantlet }]
2 :
a glove of armored leather ;
protects the hand [
synonym :
{
gauntlet }, {
gantlet }, {
metal glove }]
3 :
a glove with long sleeve [
synonym : {
gauntlet }, {
gantlet }]
4 :
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 [
synonym : {
gauntlet },
{
gantlet }]
Gauntlet \
Gaunt "
let \,
n . (
Mil .)
See {
Gantlet }.
[
1913 Webster ]
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 gauntlet of the Middle Ages was sometimes of chain mail ,
sometimes of leather partly covered with plates ,
scales ,
etc .,
of metal sewed to it ,
and ,
in the 14th century ,
became a glove of small steel plates ,
carefully articulated and covering the whole hand except the palm and the inside of the fingers .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A long glove ,
covering the wrist .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Naut .)
A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
To take up the gauntlet },
to accept a challenge .
{
To throw down the gauntlet },
to offer or send a challenge .
The gauntlet or glove was thrown down by the knight challenging ,
and was taken up by the one who accepted the challenge ; --
hence the phrases .
[
1913 Webster ]
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "
gauntlet ":
battle cry ,
bid to combat ,
brass knuckles ,
cesta ,
cestus ,
challenge ,
confinement ,
dare ,
defi ,
defy ,
dismemberment ,
double dare ,
estrapade ,
gage ,
gage of battle ,
galleys ,
glove ,
handwear ,
hard labor ,
impalement ,
imprisonment ,
incarceration ,
jailing ,
keelhauling ,
kid gloves ,
kids ,
martyrdom ,
mittens ,
mitts ,
mousquetaire gloves ,
mousquetaires ,
muff ,
penal servitude ,
picketing ,
railriding ,
rebel yell ,
rock pile ,
strappado ,
tar -
and -
feathering ,
the gantlet ,
torment ,
torture ,
war cry ,
war whoop
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