gauntlets
Medieval hand armor
Gauntlets are armored gloves, part of a knight's suit of armor protecting the hands and wrists.
The word extends to any heavy protective gloves: welding gauntlets, falconer's gauntlets.
To throw down the gauntlet is to issue a challenge, from the medieval custom of tossing one's glove to provoke a duel.
To run the gauntlet is to endure attacks from both sides—originally a military punishment where the condemned passed between two rows of soldiers who struck him as he ran.
Forearm armor pieces
- bracersArm protection gear
- plateFlat dish for food
- mailPostal system items
- articulatedHaving segments that bend
pauldrons · lames · steel · iron · rivets · chainmail · gorget · greaves
Propelled by arm
- runningSwift foot travel
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- obstacleSomething blocking the way
test · defiance · provocation · dare · confrontation · adversity · hardship · barrier
Propelled by arm
- pistolsSmall one-handed firearms
- secondsTime units, or extras
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
satisfaction · insult · gentleman · chivalry · provocation · reparation · code · challenge
Hand coverings with fingers
- leatherTanned animal skin
- reinforcedMade more resistant
- paddedFilled with soft material
- wristguardArm protection worn low
handwear · grip · falconry · welding · industrial · motorcycle · fencing · handling
vambraces
Forearm armor pieces
articulated · pauldrons · lames · steel · iron · rivets · chainmail · gorget · greaves · breastplate
thrown
Propelled by arm
obstacle · test · defiance · provocation · dare · confrontation · adversity · hardship · barrier · hurdle
thrown
Propelled by arm
affair · satisfaction · insult · gentleman · chivalry · provocation · reparation · code · challenge · antagonist
gloves
Hand coverings with fingers
- leatherTanned animal skin
- reinforcedMade more resistant
- paddedFilled with soft material
wristguard · handwear · grip · falconry · welding · industrial · motorcycle · fencing · handling · heat-resistant
knights
Titled warriors on horseback
tournament · heraldry · man-at-arms · castle · lance · combat · melee · feudal · crusader · armorer
- kendo gearmen, do, tare, face mask, chest guard
- glovesboxing gloves, rubber gloves, leather gloves, mittens, baseball glove
- arms and armorswords, shields, helmets, daggers, axes
- chivalryknighthood, knights, chivalry, medieval knights, honor
- armorbody armor, plate armor, chainmail, chain mail, breastplate
- armorysword, rifles, dagger, pistols, axe
gauntletsolive branch
Symbol of reconciliation
peace offering · white flag · truce · surrender · reconciliation
- ran the gauntletEndured successive blows or criticisms
- thrown down the gauntletIssued a direct challenge
- running the gauntletEnduring attacks from two lines
- run the gauntletEndure attacks from all sides
- throw down the gauntletIssue a bold challenge
- threw down the gauntletIssued a formal challenge