Middle English Dictionary Entry
gauntelet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gauntelet n. Also gauntlet, gant(e)let. |
| Etymology | OF gantelet |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A glove of mail or plate, usually lined with leather, worn as part of a knight's armor.
Associated quotations
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)991 : Hys rerebracys and his gorget, Hys basenet and hys gauntelettys.
- c1450 Lond.Chron.Cleo.(Cleo C.4)150 : Asshley had the vectory; for he reysed blood of the lord a forn sayd, in brekyng of the gantlett and reyseng of his vmbray.
- (1463-4) Acc.Howard in RC 57240 : Item, in mendynge off gawntletys ij d.
- (1465) Paston (Gairdner)4.169 : Your gesseren and gaunteletts shall be send hom.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Ctn.(Hrl 2261)485 : His horse was founde with his breste plate and gantelettes.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)346 : Mynerue..all in curas clad, Gauntlettes on hyr handys, & sabatouns on hyr fete.