cestus
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9.9
A leather band or glove that ancient fighters wrap around their hands to protect them and make punches stronger
- noun
- /ˈsɛstəs/
- Archaic
:
cesto
- Slowly, so as not to alarm her, Laura began unlacing Mrs. Krause's strong fingers, fingers that had been clamped like a cestus over the middle of her body.
Examples
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Ancient boxers wore a cestus to protect their hands during matches.
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The gladiator tightened his cestus before stepping into the arena.
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With a cestus, the fighter could land more powerful punches.
Synonyms
glove
vscestus
880
1.0
A cover for the hand that keeps it warm or protects it
is a leather band used to protect and to increase impact in ancient fighting
gauntlet
vscestus
15
8.3
A strong protective glove that covers the hand and sometimes the arm
is a leather hand band focused on punching force rather than arm defence
boxing glove
vscestus
8
2.4
A padded leather glove boxers wear to protect their hand and the opponent from serious injury
adds force to blows rather than cushioning them
How Protective
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cestus comes from the Latin word caestus, which was a leather 'hand-band' fighters wrapped around their fists to protect them and make their blows stronger, so a cestus means that ancient boxing glove or wrapped band.