ungauntlet

English

Etymology

un- +‎ gauntlet

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).
   • 1841, Nicholas Michel, Henry of Monmouth; or the Field of Agincourt, page 301:

     "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."

   • 1897, Francis Thompson, Victorian Ode for Jubilee Day:

     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!

   • 1933, Morris Bishop, The Odyssey of Cabeza De Vaca:

     Promptly he challenged and killed the murmurer; then, ungauntleting his hand, tore out the offending tongue and threw it among the noble spectators as a pretty demonstration of loyalty.

   • 2003, Steven H. Silver, Martin Harry Greenberg, Horrible Beginnings, page 140:

     Kurtz ungauntleted and de-flakjacketed.