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ungauntlet

ungauntlet verb: to remove a gauntlet or gauntlets (from).

Verb

ungauntlet (third-person singular simple present ungauntlets, present participle ungauntleting, simple past and past participle ungauntleted)

  1. 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

Forms of ungauntlet

third-person singular presentungauntlets
present participleungauntleting
past participleungauntleted
pastungauntleted

Origin of ungauntlet

From un- + gauntlet.

Questions about ungauntlet

What does ungauntlet mean?
Ungauntlet means to remove a gauntlet or gauntlets (from).
What part of speech is ungauntlet?
Ungauntlet is a verb.
What is the past tense of ungauntlet?
The past tense of ungauntlet is ungauntleted.

Words near ungauntlet in the dictionary

  1. ungathered
  2. ungaudy
  3. ungaugable
  4. ungaugeable
  5. ungauged
  6. ungauntlet
  7. ungauntleted
  8. ungauntleting
  9. ungauntlets
  10. Ungava
  11. ungave

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