gaunt
— Adjective
– English
~ very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
gauntlet
— Noun
– English
~ to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"
gauntlet
— Noun
– English
~ 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
gauntlet
— Noun
– English
~ a glove with long sleeve
gauntlet
— Noun
– English
~ a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
gauntleted
— Adjective
– English
~ wearing a protective glove; "gestured with his gauntleted hand"
gauntness
— Noun
– English
~ extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
gauntry
— Noun
– English
~ a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.