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noun
Idioms1.
a medieval glove, as of mail or plate, worn by a knight in armor to protect the hand.
2.
a glove with an extended cuff for the wrist.
3.
the cuff itself.
4.
take up the gauntlet,
a.
to accept a challenge to fight: He was always willing to take up the gauntlet for a good cause.
b.
Also, take up the glove.to show one's defiance.
5.
throw down the gauntlet,
a.
to challenge.
b.
Also, throw down the glove.to defy.
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Take up the gauntlet
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English gantelet < Middle French, diminutive of gant glove < Germanic *want-; compare Old Norse vǫttr
1375–1425; late Middle English gantelet < Middle French, diminutive of gant glove < Germanic *want-; compare Old Norse vǫttr
Related forms
gaunt·let·ed, adjective
un·gaunt·let·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
gauntlet
"military punishment," 1661, earlier gantlope (1646), from Sw. gatlopp "passageway," from O.Sw. gata "lane" + lopp "course," related to löpa "to run." Probably borrowed by Eng. soldiers during Thirty Years' War.
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