ungauntlet
verbEtymology From un- + gauntlet.
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To remove a gauntlet or gauntlets (from).
- "No, fair Kate," rejoined Henry; "so as I have voluntarily proclaimed myself thy prisoner, in good sooth I may not permit this earl to run loose and gain fresh fame whilst we are here bound in chains of love : therefore, Earl of March. we command thee to ungauntlet,—and now your hand."1841, Nicholas Michel, Henry of Monmouth; or the Field of Agincourt, page 301:
- And take in peace Her hand behind the buckler of her seas, 'Gainst which their wrath has splintered; come, for she Her hand ungauntlets in mild amity. Victoria!1897, Francis Thompson, Victorian Ode for Jubilee Day:
2 more examples
- Promptly he challenged and killed the murmurer; then, ungauntleting his hand, tore out the offending tongue and threw it among the noble spectators as a pretty demonstration of loyalty.1933, Morris Bishop, The Odyssey of Cabeza De Vaca:
- Kurtz ungauntleted and de-flakjacketed.2003, Steven H. Silver, Martin Harry Greenberg, Horrible Beginnings, page 140: