gauntlet

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noun

Plural noun:

gauntletsgantlet

1.
Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
2.
A long glove covering the wrist.
3.
(nautical) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
4.
(medicine) An eruption of pellagra on the hands.
5.
(archaic)Two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal as punishment.
6.
A simultaneous attack from two or more sides.
7.
(figuratively)Any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal, often one performed for atonement or punishment.
8.
(video games) A fight against swarms of relatively minor enemies in the form of multiple waves, often but not always preceding a boss.
9.
(rail transport) Overlapping parallel rail tracks; either to allowing passage through a narrow opening in each direction without switching, or to allow vehicles of a larger gauge to pass through a station without hitting the platforms.

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From Middle English gauntelett, gantlett, a borrowing from Old French gantelet, diminutive of gant (glove), a borrowing from *want (glove; mitten) and reinforced by wantus (glove) itself borrowed from the former, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (glove; mitten). Cognate with want, Want, vante, vante, vøttur.