Medieval jouseter, leather gauntlet gloves

A Better Understanding of Gauntlet Gloves and Their Origin

Gauntlet is a word formed from a French diminutive. This root meaning is gant, defined as glove. A large form of glove is commonly described as a gauntlet; and the steel-plated gloves of medieval armor is a good example. Since the hands were so very vulnerable during the existence of hand-to-hand combat, gauntlets were quite popular. With the onset of new weapons, however, gauntlets lost their demand due to a decrease in hand-to-hand combat. Read the rest of this entry »