gauntlet

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The gauntlet has a short and narrow dart sewn in under the strap, but again, it would be nice if this gauntlet was about another 12 mm or so longer and 30 mm or so wider.

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  1. noun A protective glove worn with medieval armor.
  2. noun A protective glove with a flared cuff, used in manual labor, in certain sports, and for driving.
  3. noun A challenge: throw down the gauntlet; take up the gauntlet.
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  • He threw the question down between them like a gauntlet, and left it lying there for her to pick up or not, as she chose. —  Stabenow, Dana - [Liam Campbell 01] - Fire and Ice
  • A growing star in the PC gaming space has thrown down the gauntlet, and now we get to be completely unsurprised by the mainstream industry's total lack of motivation to change. —  Gamers With Jobs -
  • The gauntlet has a short and narrow dart sewn in under the strap, but again, it would be nice if this gauntlet was about another 12 mm or so longer and 30 mm or so wider. —  webBikeWorld.com
  • It's interesting to see in the photo above that the hook-and-loop strap on the gauntlet is shorter than it could be, while the strap on the back of the wrist is too long. —  webBikeWorld.com
  • Thus the gauntlet has been thrown to the Indian state and civil society - in Karnataka in the first instance. —  rediff.com
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  1. Middle English, from Old French gantelet, diminutive of gant, glove, from Frankish *want.
  2. Alteration (influenced by gauntlet1) of gantlope, from Swedish gatlopp : gata, lane (from Old Norse; see ghē- in Indo-European roots) + lopp, course, running (from Middle Low German lōp).

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  1. Also gantlet; from Old French gantelet, diminutive of gant, French gant, a glove, = Italian guanto, a glove, from Middle Latin wantus, the long sleeve of a tunic, a gauntlet, glove, from Dutch want, a mitten, = Danish vante, a mitten, = Old Swedish wante, a glove, = Icelandic vöttr (for *vantr), a glove.
 

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