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Definition of Gantlets
1. gantlet [v] - See also: gantlet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gantlets
Literary usage of Gantlets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cowboy: His Characteristics, His Equipment, and His Part in the by Philip Ashton Rollins (1922)
"Practically all gloves had flaring gantlets of generous size, ... the gantlets
commonly being embroidered with silken thread or with thin wire of silver or ..."
2. Seventh Reader by James Baldwin, Ida C. Bender (1911)
"A coat of linked mail, with long sleeves, plated gantlets, and a steel breastplate
had not been esteemed a sufficient weight of armor; there was, also, ..."
3. Isis Unveiled: A Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1892)
"... this Hercules of the North would grasp the handle of his terrible weapon, the
thunderbolt or electric hammer, he is obliged to put on his iron gantlets. ..."
4. The Cowboy: His Characteristics, His Equipment, and His Part in the by Philip Ashton Rollins (1922)
"Practically all gloves had flaring gantlets of generous size, ... the gantlets
commonly being embroidered with silken thread or with thin wire of silver or ..."
5. Seventh Reader by James Baldwin, Ida C. Bender (1911)
"A coat of linked mail, with long sleeves, plated gantlets, and a steel breastplate
had not been esteemed a sufficient weight of armor; there was, also, ..."
6. Isis Unveiled: A Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1892)
"... this Hercules of the North would grasp the handle of his terrible weapon, the
thunderbolt or electric hammer, he is obliged to put on his iron gantlets. ..."
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