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Gauntlet vs Bracer - What's the difference?

gauntlet | bracer |

As nouns the difference between gauntlet and bracer

is that gauntlet is protective armor for the hands or gauntlet can be (archaic) two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal as punishment while bracer is that which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.

gauntlet

English

(wikipedia gauntlet)

Alternative forms

* gantlet

Etymology 1

(etyl) "glove", also gantelet, from (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Protective armor for the hands.
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 22:
    • The hands were defended by Gauntlets, these were sometimes of chain mail, but oftener of small plates of iron rivetted together, in imitation of the lobster's tail, so as to yield every motion of the hand, some gauntlets inclosed the whole hand, as in a box or case, others were divided into fingers, each finger consisting of eight or ten separate pieces, the inside gloved with buff leather, some of these reached no higher than the wrist, others to the elbow; the latter were stiled long armed gauntlets: many of them are to be seen in the Tower; for a representation of one of them, see plate 26, fig 6.
  • (nautical) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
    • Derived terms
    * to take up the gauntlet * to throw down the gauntlet

    See also

    *

    Etymology 2

    From (gantlope), from (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) Two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal as punishment
  • Simultaneous attack from two or more sides
  • (figuratively) Any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal, often one performed for atonement or punishment
  • (rail) A temporary convergence of two parallel railroad tracks allowing passage through a narrow opening in each direction without switching.
    • Derived terms
    * running the gauntlet

    bracer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.
  • (archery) A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string.
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 34:
    • To prevent the bow string from hanging on the left arm, it is covered with a piece of smooth leather, fastened on the outside of the arm, this is called a bracer .
  • Armor for the forearm; a brassart.
  • A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body.
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