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Definition of: gauntlet
(gônt′lit, gänt′-) noun
1. In medieval armor, a leather glove covered with metal plates.
2. A modern glove with long wrist-extension; also, the part of the glove covering the wrist.
—to throw (or fling) down the gauntlet
To challenge to combat or contest. Also spelled gantlet. [<OF gantelet, dim. of gant mitten]
—gaunt′let·ed adjective
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