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gauntletted

gauntletted is the alternative spelling of gauntleted.

Meaning of gauntleted

Adjective

gauntleted (not comparable)

  1. Adorned with one or more gauntlets
    • It was brought to General Lee as he sat on his horse near the Chancellorsville House, and, unable to open it with his gauntleted hands, he passed it to me with directions to read it to him.1876, John Esten Cooke, A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee
  2. Having a gauntlet (overlapping parallel rail tracks).
    • The opportunity was also taken to remove one of the few examples of gauntleted tracks in this country, interlacing the down fast and slow lines over the bridge.1960 November, “Talking of Trains: Selby swing bridge”, in Trains Illustrated, page 647
    Synonyms:
    interlaced

Questions about gauntletted

What is gauntletted the alternative spelling of?
Gauntletted is the alternative spelling of gauntleted.

Words near gauntletted in the dictionary

  1. gaunter
  2. gauntest
  3. gauntlet
  4. gauntleted
  5. gauntlets
  6. gauntletted
  7. gauntlope
  8. gauntlopes
  9. gauntly
  10. gauntness
  11. gauntnesses

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