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What is the noun for gauntleted?

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gauntlet
  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.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “I flung my gauntlet of buffalo-hide at his feet in gage of battle.”
      “Some lost heart and proposed to return, rather than fight their way, and, in a manner, run the gauntlet through the country of these piratical marauders.”
      “The gauntlet on the glove was to cover up the aluminum, so it wouldn't heat up in the light.”
gauntlet
  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.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “I flung my gauntlet of buffalo-hide at his feet in gage of battle.”
      “Some lost heart and proposed to return, rather than fight their way, and, in a manner, run the gauntlet through the country of these piratical marauders.”
      “The gauntlet on the glove was to cover up the aluminum, so it wouldn't heat up in the light.”
gauntlets
  1. plural of gauntlet
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  3. Examples:
    1. “We see Penelope waking up alone in a bed filled with discarded gauntlets, greaves and breastplates.”
      “If he does anything tricky just give him a good hard whack with these here gauntlets.”
      “He was chasing skirt and snorting booze, hoovering up every kind of sin and excess he could lay his gauntlets on.”
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