1) Armoured glove 2) Atari 8-bit family game 3) Body piercing 4) Challenge 5) Challenge, symbolically 6) Challenging garment 7) Character created by Jim Lee 8) Fictional assassin 9) French word used in English 10) Gantlet 11) Heavy glove 12) Long glove 13) Metal glove 14) Multidirectional shooter 15) Nintendo DS-only game Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/gauntlet
• (n.) A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds. • (n.) A long glove, covering the wrist. • (n.) See Gantlet. • (n.) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/gauntlet/
(from the article `military technology`) By the early 13th century European amourers had learned to make mail with a sufficiently fine mesh to provide protection to the hand. At first this ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/13
A gauntlet is a glove with an extended cuff which covers the wrist. The original gauntlet was part of a medieval knight's armour and was made of chain-mail or armour plate. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/PG.HTM
gantletnoun a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974