1.金属手套,词源同wind, 缠绕,编织,即织成的手套。在中世纪向别人发出挑战时则掷手套于地,如果对方捡起手套,则是接受挑战。
2.严酷考验,来自瑞典语gatlopp, 即gate leap. 原为军事术语,当某人犯错误的时候,要从人墙里穿过去,接受同伴的鞭笞,棍杖。
The name must orig. have applied to a strip of cloth wrapped about the hand to protect it from sword-blows, a frequent practice in the Icelandic sagas. [Buck]Italian guanto, Spanish guante likewise are ultimately from Germanic. The spelling with -u- was established from 1500s.
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