Gauntlet (noun)
gawn-tlet
An armoured glove.
Late Middle English: from Old French gantelet, diminutive of gant ‘glove’, of Germanic origin.
Example sentences
“A gauntlet was an armoured glove; picking one up signified you were battle ready.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
