Noah Webster
Gaunt
GAUNT
GAUNT'LET, noun A large iron glove with fingers covered with small plates, formerly worn by cavaliers, armed at all points.
To throw the gantlet, is to challenge; and
To take up the gantlet, is to accept the challenge.
GAUNT
GAUNT'LET, noun A large iron glove with fingers covered with small plates, formerly worn by cavaliers, armed at all points.
To throw the gantlet, is to challenge; and
To take up the gantlet, is to accept the challenge.