gauntlet

[US]/'gɔːntlɪt/
[UK]/'gɔntlət/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. metal glove worn as a form of protection by medieval knights

Phrases & Collocations

run the gauntlet

Example Sentences

they had to run the gauntlet of television cameras.

throw down the gauntlet; take up the gauntlet.

They have thrown down the gauntlet to the PM by demanding a referendum.

The Prime Minister’s car had to run the gauntlet of a large group of protesters outside the conference hall.

Beefy security guards funnelled the pupils through a gauntlet of media and several dozen silent supporters.

By calling the election at this time, the government has flung down the gauntlet to the opposing parties.

The country needs enormous help to rebuild its economy, and it’s time to take up the gauntlet and do what we can.

Health Steal Benumb Gauntlet is still dropped by Melvil Boss and it transfers health from the target to the fist using Benumb Health Steal.

His gauntlets contain a flamethrower, and a whipcord lanyard launcher.His kneepads conceal rocket dart launchers.

Mr Lévi-Strauss, throwing down the gauntlet in “La Pensée Sauvage” in 1962, saw nothing primitive about the tribes he studied.

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