gauntlet
noun
a medieval glove, as of mail or plate, worn by a knight in armor to protect the hand.
ungauntleted
-
a word derived from
gauntlet.
Example Sentences
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"What now, John!" cried the smiling Prince, wiping his streaming face with his ungauntleted hand.
From Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The girl seemed more beautiful than ever after the night's sleep; her hair in comely dark waves from her forehead, her ungauntleted finger-tips pink and cool.
From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
His steel glittered cold and blue; his fingers hung ungauntleted; and on his pale face dwelt a look never happy warrior wore yet.
From Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance by Walter De la Mare
Des Barres, sitting his horse on the hill, blew upon his ungauntleted hand, then flacked it against his side to drive the blood back.
From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Maurice Henry Hewlett
