gantelet

French

Etymology

gant + -elet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑ̃.tlɛ/

Noun

gantelet m (plural gantelets)

  1. gauntlet (armored glove)
  2. gauntlet (falconer's glove)
  3. gauntlet (challenge)

Derived terms

Further reading


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

First known attestation in the late 13th century in the plural gantelés. From gant + -elet (no evidence of an intermediate *gantel).

Noun

gantelet m (oblique plural gantelez or ganteletz, nominative singular gantelez or ganteletz, nominative plural gantelet)

  1. gauntlet (armored glove)

Descendants

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (gantelet, supplement)
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