English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van "handskoen" kan na 'n paar verskillende dinge verwys, afhangende van die konteks:'n Beskermende handskoen wat deur middeleeuse ridders as wapenrusting gedra word.A lang, swaar handskoen gedra vir beskerming tydens die hantering van warm voorwerpe of chemikalieƫ.'n Uitdaging of provokasie, veral een wat moeilik is om op te reageer.'n Ou vorm van straf waarin die veroordeelde persoon hardloop tussen twee rye mense wat hulle slaan as hulle verbykom.In moderne gebruik word die woord "gauntlet" dikwels metafories gebruik om te verwys na 'n moeilike uitdaging of beproewing wat iemand moet verduur. Byvoorbeeld, "om die handskoen te hardloop" kan beteken dat jy 'n reeks moeilike struikelblokke of kritiek in die gesig staar, en "om die handskoen af te gooi" kan beteken dat jy 'n uitdaging aan iemand rig.

Synonyms

  1. gantlet

Sentence Examples

  1. Farahilde was glad she left her bladed gauntlet inside the church during this time.
  2. The bride and groom dodged birdseed being flung at them from a gauntlet of friends and family lining the front steps of the church.
  3. The edge of my sword cut through a leather gauntlet, but it then hit something as hard as iron.
  4. I also bought a thin undershirt, a right leather gauntlet, two greaves, and a pair of fingerless gloves.
  5. In moments, the gallery would become a surging gauntlet of the undead.
  6. I moved down the moonlit aisle, between the short shadowy gauntlet of bins and rubbish bookending the door, as quietly but as quickly as my limp allowed, and peered out at the church secretary face down at the far end.
  7. We must, then, make a push, and if the Indians or Frenchers are in the narrows, run the gauntlet through these toppling mountains.
  8. Apparently deciding that they had spent enough time on this stone block, she used her gauntlet to cut through part of the chain and turned around to jump on the number nine block.
  9. Farahilde, on the other hand, continued to stand her ground in front of the mob and held her gauntlet menacingly, daring them to come at her.
  10. She followed this by swinging her arm so that the sharp edge of her gauntlet sliced the throat of the other guard behind her.