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語源

From gauntlet +‎ -ed.

形容詞

gauntleted (not comparable)

1. Adorned with one or more gauntlets
   • 1876, John Esten Cooke, A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee‎:

     It was brought to General Lee as he sat on his horse near the Chancellorsville House, and, unable to open it with his gauntleted hands, he passed it to me with directions to read it to him.

   • 1906, Marie Hay, A German Pompadour‎:

     One of the Duke's gauntleted hunting-gloves lay on the floor; she stooped and lifted it and put it to her lips.

   • 1912, Margaret Burnham, The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly‎:

     Jess, who loved a romance, clasped her gauntleted hands.

2. (rail transport) Having a gauntlet (overlapping parallel rail tracks).

   Synonym: interlaced

   • 1960 November, “Talking of Trains: Selby swing bridge”, in Trains Illustrated, page 647:

     The opportunity was also taken to remove one of the few examples of gauntleted tracks in this country, interlacing the down fast and slow lines over the bridge.

   • 1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 668:

     The narrow gauge is gauntleted with the up main line through a tunnel beneath the town and then turns away to its separate station.