gauntlet

Etymology 1
From, , a borrowing from , diminutive of , a borrowing from and reinforced by  itself borrowed from the former, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun



 * 1) Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
 * 2) A long glove covering the wrist.
 * 3)  A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
 * 4)  An eruption of pellagra on the hands.
 * 1)  A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
 * 2)  An eruption of pellagra on the hands.
 * 1)  An eruption of pellagra on the hands.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: бронирана ръкавица
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 铁手套
 * Dutch: kaphandschoen, pantserhandschoen
 * Finnish: taisteluhansikas
 * French:
 * Georgian:, ხელჯაგი, ხელთათმანი
 * German: Kampfhandschuh, Fehdehandschuh,
 * Irish: iarndóid, lámhainn fhada
 * Italian: guanto di armatura
 * Macedonian: рака́вица
 * Middle High German: Hentze
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ла́тная рукави́ца,
 * Spanish: guantelete
 * Swedish: stridshandske
 * Tagalog: guwantelete


 * German:
 * Swedish: kraghandske

Etymology 2
Modified, under the influence of etymology 1, from, from , from + , from

Noun

 * 1)  Two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal as punishment.
 * 2) A simultaneous attack from two or more sides.
 * 3)  Any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal, often one performed for atonement or punishment.
 * 4)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Derived terms

 * (having to run between rows of attackers as a punishment)
 * (submit to a series of difficult tests)
 * (submit to a series of difficult tests)

Translations

 * Danish: spidsrod
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: განსაცდელი, გამოსაცდელი, ორდალი
 * German:
 * Swedish: