Gauntleted

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Adorned with one or more gauntlets not-comparable

    "It was brought to General Lee as he sat on his horse near the Chancellorsville House, and, unable to open it with his gauntleted hands, he passed it to me with directions to read it to him."

  2. 2
    Having a gauntlet (overlapping parallel rail tracks). not-comparable

    "The opportunity was also taken to remove one of the few examples of gauntleted tracks in this country, interlacing the down fast and slow lines over the bridge."

Adjective
  1. 1
    wearing a protective glove wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
glovedinterlaced

Example

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"It was brought to General Lee as he sat on his horse near the Chancellorsville House, and, unable to open it with his gauntleted hands, he passed it to me with directions to read it to him."

Etymology

From gauntlet + -ed.

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