1 a metal glove worn as part of a suit of ARMOUR by soldiers in the Middle Ages
2 a strong glove with a wide covering for the wrist, used for example when driving:
motorcyclists with leather gauntlets
IDIOMS
run the gauntlet to be criticized or attacked by a lot of people, especially a group of people that you have to walk through:
Some of the witnesses had to run the gauntlet of television cameras and reporters.
take up the gauntlet to accept sb's invitation to fight or compete:
His Republican rival may be expected to take up the gauntlet.
throw down the gauntlet to invite sb to fight or compete with you:
She has thrown down the gauntlet to the newspaper by accusing it of libel.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for gauntlet is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is gauntlet a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, gauntlet is tagged as noun.
Does gauntlet appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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