different between wristlet vs gauntlet

English

Etymology

wrist +? -let (suffix indicating a piece of an object).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???s(t)l?t/, /-l?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???s(t)l?t/, [???s.l???]
• Hyphenation: wrist?let

Noun

wristlet (plural wristlets)

1. An elastic band worn to keep a glove from slipping off the wrist.
2. A decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist; especially, a closely knitted one to keep it warm; a muffetee.

   Synonym: wristband
3. A small handbag with a short strap for attaching it to the wearer's wrist.
4. A handcuff.

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Further reading

• wristlet (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “wristlet” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), ?OCLC.

English

Alternative forms

• gantlet

Etymology 1

From Middle English gauntelett, gantlett, a borrowing from Old French gantelet (“gauntlet worn by a knight in armor, a token of one's personality or person, and symbolizing a challenge”), diminutive of gant (“glove”), a borrowing from Frankish *want (“glove; mitten”) and reinforced by Medieval Latin wantus (“glove”) itself borrowed from the former, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove; mitten”). Cognate with Dutch want (“mitten; shroud”), German Low German Want (“shroud”), Danish vante (“mitten”), Swedish vante (“glove; mitten”), Faroese vøttur (“glove; mitten”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: gônt’l?t, IPA^(key): /????nt.l?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

gauntlet (plural gauntlets)

1. Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
2. A long glove covering the wrist.
3. (nautical) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.

Derived terms

• take up the gauntlet
• throw down the gauntlet

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See also

• Gauntlet (glove) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Modified, under the influence of etymology 1, from gantlope, from Swedish gatlopp (“passageway”), from Old Swedish gata (“lane”) + lopp (“course”), from löpa (“to run”)

Noun

gauntlet (plural gauntlets)

1. (archaic) Two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal as punishment
2. Simultaneous attack from two or more sides
3. (figuratively) Any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal, often one performed for atonement or punishment
4. (rail transport) A temporary convergence of two parallel railroad tracks allowing passage through a narrow opening in each direction without switching.

Derived terms

• running the gauntlet (having to run between rows of attackers as a punishment)
• run the gauntlet (submit to a series of difficult tests)

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