French

Noun

gantelet m ‎(plural gantelets)

1. gauntlet (armored glove)
2. gauntlet (falconer's glove)
3. gauntlet (challenge)

Derived terms

• envoyer son gantelet
• ramasser le gantelet

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 m ‎(oblique plural gantelez or ganteletz, nominative singular gantelez or ganteletz, nominative plural gantelet)

1. gauntlet (armored glove)

Descendants

• English: gauntlet (borrowed)
• French: gantelet

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (gantelet, supplement)