English-Thai Dictionary

gauntlet

N ถุงมือ ยาว  glove mitten tuang-mue-yao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GAUNTLET

n.[See Gantlet. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GAUNTLET

GAUNTLET Gaunt "let, n. (Mil. )

 

Defn: See Gantlet.

 

GAUNTLET

Gaunt "let, n. Etym: [F. gantelet, dim. of gant glove, LL. wantus, of Teutonic origin; cf. D. want, Sw. & Dan. vante, Icel. vöttr, for vantr.]

 

1. A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.

 

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.

 

2. A long glove, covering the wrist.

 

3. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying. 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.

 

GAUNTLETTED

GAUNTLETTED Gaunt "lett *ed, a.

 

Defn: Wearing a gauntlet.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gauntlet

gaunt let 1 |ˈgôntlit, ˈgänt -ˌɡɔntlɪt | ▶noun a stout glove with a long loose wrist. • historical an armored glove, as worn by a medieval knight. • the part of a glove covering the wrist. PHRASES take up (or throw down ) the gauntlet accept (or issue ) a challenge. [from the medieval custom of issuing a challenge by throwing one's gauntlet to the ground; whoever picked it up was deemed to have accepted the challenge. ]ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French gantelet, diminutive of gant ‘glove, ’ of Germanic origin.

 

gauntlet

gaunt let 2 |ˈɡɔːntlɪt ˈgôntlit |(also gantlet |ˈgantlit, ˈgônt -|) ▶noun (in phrase run the gauntlet ) 1 go through an intimidating or dangerous crowd, place, or experience in order to reach a goal: they had to run the gauntlet of television cameras. 2 historical undergo the military punishment of receiving blows while running between two rows of men with sticks. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: alteration of gantlope (from Swedish gatlopp, from gata ‘lane ’ + lopp ‘course ’) by association with gauntlet 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

gauntlet

gauntlet 1 |ˈgɔːntlɪt | ▶noun a strong glove with a long, loose wrist. • historical an armoured glove. • the part of a glove covering the wrist. PHRASES take up (or throw down ) the gauntlet accept (or issue ) a challenge. [from the medieval custom of issuing a challenge by throwing one's gauntlet to the ground; whoever picked it up was deemed to have accepted the challenge. ]ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French gantelet, diminutive of gant ‘glove ’, of Germanic origin.

 

gauntlet

gauntlet 2 |ˈgɔːntlɪt |(US also gantlet ) ▶noun (in phrase run the gauntlet ) 1 go through an intimidating or dangerous crowd or experience in order to reach a goal: she had to run the gauntlet of male autograph seekers. 2 historical undergo the military punishment of receiving blows while running between two rows of men with sticks. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: alteration of gantlope (from Swedish gatlopp, from gata ‘lane ’ + lopp ‘course ’) by association with gauntlet 1 .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gauntlet

gaunt let 1 /ɡɔ́ːntlət /名詞 C 1 (中世騎士の )籠手 （こて ）.2 (乗馬用 運転用などの丈夫な )長手袋 .take [pick ] ù p the g á untlet 1 挑戦に応じる 〘中世騎士が籠手を投げ, 拾った者が挑戦に応じた習慣から 〙.2 (人を )弁護する .throw [fling ] d ò wn the g á untlet 挑戦する .

 

gauntlet

gaunt let 2 名詞 C (昔軍隊で行われた )むち打ちの刑 〘2列に並ぶ人々の間を走らせて, 両側からむち打った 〙. r ù n the g á untlet 1 むち打ちの刑を受ける .2 (多くの人々の )激しい攻撃 [非難 ]を受ける, 困難に遭う .