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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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"Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat."
],
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"roman": "bronirana rǎkavica",
"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бронирана ръкавица"
},
{
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"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
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"masculine"
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"word": "guantellet"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 3 2 26",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"word": "铁手套"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"word": "kaphandschoen"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"word": "taisteluhansikas"
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"roman": "tatmani",
"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"word": "თათმანი"
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"roman": "xelǯagi",
"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"word": "ხელჯაგი"
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"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Kampfhandschuh"
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"_dis1": "69 3 2 26",
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"feminine"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "iarndóid"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 3 2 26",
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lámhainn fhada"
},
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"_dis1": "69 3 2 26",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"word": "guanto di armatura"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 3 2 26",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rakávica",
"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "рака́вица"
},
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"_dis1": "69 3 2 26",
"code": "gmh",
"lang": "Middle High German",
"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hentze"
},
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"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "rękawica"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 3 2 26",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manopla"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 3 2 26",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "perčátka",
"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "перча́тка"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 3 2 26",
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"roman": "látnaja rukavíca",
"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "ла́тная рукави́ца"
},
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"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "рукави́ца"
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"_dis1": "69 3 2 26",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"word": "guantelete"
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"_dis1": "69 3 2 26",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "stridshandske"
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"_dis1": "69 3 2 26",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"word": "guwantelete"
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"Fundamental"
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"ref": "1969, Lance William DeStwolinski, Occupational Health in the Construction Industry, page 235",
"text": "Solventproof rubber gauntlets under solventproof sleeves closed at the wrists should be worn.",
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}
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stulpe"
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"word": "ორდალი"
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"Overlapping parallel rail tracks; either to allowing passage through a narrow opening in each direction without switching, or to allow vehicles of a larger gauge to pass through a station without hitting the platforms."
],
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[
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[
"passage",
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],
[
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[
"opening",
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[
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[
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"sense": "protective armor for the hands",
"word": "铁手套"
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"word": "თათმანი"
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"word": "ორდალი"
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