See gauntlet on Wiktionary
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"text": "Coordinate term: manifer"
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"ref": "1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, pages 22–23:",
"text": "The hands were defended by Gauntlets, these were sometimes of chain mail, but oftener of small plates of iron rivetted together, in imitation of the lobster's tail, so as to yield every motion of the hand, some gauntlets inclosed the whole hand, as in a box or case, others were divided into fingers, each finger consisting of eight or ten separate pieces, the inside gloved with buff leather, some of these reached no higher than the wrist, others to the elbow; the latter were stiled long armed gauntlets: many of them are to be seen in the Tower; for a representation of one of them, see plate 26, fig 6.",
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"word": "铁手套"
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"_dis1": "76 3 2 20",
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"ref": "1969, Lance William DeStwolinski, Occupational Health in the Construction Industry, page 235:",
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"roman": "gansacdeli",
"sense": "any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal",
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"roman": "ordali",
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"word": "ორდალი"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamosacdeli",
"sense": "any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal",
"word": "გამოსაცდელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ordali",
"sense": "any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal",
"word": "ორდალი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spießrutenlauf"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gatlopp"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Gauntlet track",
"gauntlet"
],
"word": "gauntlet"
}
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