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- a stout glove with a long loose wrist（结实带长臂套的）宽口手套。
1.1
- historical an armoured glove〈史〉（作为装甲的）铁手套。
1.2
- the part of a glove covering the wrist手套腕部。
短语
take up （或 throw down）the gauntlet
- accept (or issue) a challenge接受（或发出）挑战。
- ORIGIN: from the medieval custom of issuing a challenge by throwing one's gauntlet to the ground; whoever picked it up was deemed to have accepted the challenge.
词源
late Middle English: from Old French gantelet, diminutive of gant 'glove', of Germanic origin.
( <美> 亦作 gantlet)
(用于词组 run the gauntlet)
1
- go through an intimidating or dangerous crowd, place, or experience in order to reach a goal（为达到目标）经过令人畏惧（或危险）的人群（或地方）, 经受恐吓（或危险）：
they had to run the gauntlet of television cameras.
他们不得不突破电视摄像机的重围。
2
- historical undergo the military punishment of receiving blows while running between two rows of men with sticks〈史〉（军队里的一种惩罚）受夹道棒打。
词源
mid 17th cent.: alteration of gantlope （from Swedish gatlopp, from gata 'lane' + lopp 'course'） by association with GAUNTLET1.