gauntlet

Examples

• All

• The gauntlet that was fused to his flesh burned with a blinding blue-white luminescence.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I wear a hat with heavy mesh hanging from the brim and thick gauntlets.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Someone made him a gauntlet with the metal.

• We were led to it by a package containing a gauntlet, also from the same time period.

  Scream of the Banshee (2011)

• You said Thanos had a gauntlet, right?

  Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

• With these rubber gauntlets, your power is safe.

  Man-Made Monster (1941)

• Shandower focused his will, and his gauntlet began to glow.

  Fiction book (1992)

• He's wearing my gauntlet.

  Scream of the Banshee (2011)

• The long-haired man with the strange, arcane gauntlet had led Myrmeen and her companions through a side entrance to the building.

  Fiction book (1992)

• "They're in for a disappointment," Riyan flexed stiff fingers inside his riding gauntlets.

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

G

glove

vsgauntlet

880 1.0

A cover for the hand that keeps it warm or protects it

is the heavier armored form used for strong protection rather than everyday wear

G

gantlet

vsgauntlet

9.9

A heavy leather or metal glove with a long cuff that protects the hand

is a strong protective covering that sometimes extends over wrist and forearm

Idioms

T

to throw down the gauntlet

4 7.7

To openly challenge someone in front of others

R

to run the gauntlet

3 8.1

To face many difficult questions or strong criticism

P

to pick up the gauntlet

• Informal

1 8.6

To accept a challenge and try to meet it

T

to take up the gauntlet

• Informal

1 8.1

To accept a public challenge to show you will compete

How Protective

harness

76 3.1

gauntlet

15 8.3

vambrace

• Specialized

9.9

bracer

1 8.1

sleeve

234 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology