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French
Etymology
From gant + -elet.
Pronunciation
Noun
gantelet m (plural gantelets)
- gauntlet (armored glove)
- gauntlet (falconer's glove)
- gauntlet (challenge)
Derived terms
Further reading
Old French
Etymology
First known attestation in the late 13th century in the plural gantelés. From gant + -elet (no evidence of an intermediate *gantel).
Noun
gantelet oblique singular, m (oblique plural gantelez or ganteletz, nominative singular gantelez or ganteletz, nominative plural gantelet)
- 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)