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The practice of throwing a gauntlet in response to a challenge has its origins in antiquity. In Book 5 of the Aeneid, Entelus responds to the challenge of the boxer Dares by throwing his caestus (boxing glove, or gauntlet) into the boxing ring. To "throw down the gauntlet" is to issue a challenge.
Much as Beatles for Sale was the first album the Fab Four made under the influence of Dylan, ... throwing down the gauntlet for most of his peers to release ambitious double albums in the years ahead.
Thomas Blount's 1707 English dictionary Glossographia Anglicana Nova defined "whorlbat" as a kind of Gauntlet with Straps and leaden Plummets, uſed by the ancient Heroes in their ſolemn Games and Exerciſes. (i.e. a cestus) [4] An 1837 edition of the Samuel Johnson dictionary simply defined "hurlbat" (or "whirlbat") as "a weapon", [5]
Throwing baton of a Guanche mencey (king). The ancient Egyptians used throwing sticks to hunt small game and waterfowl, as seen in several wall paintings. The 18th-dynasty pharaoh Tutankhamun was a known lover of duck hunting and used the throwing stick in his hunts, and a number of throwing sticks were found in the tombs of pharaohs.
A year after the game was published, Atari Games released the hack and slash arcade game Gauntlet (itself based on another Atari computer game, Dandy). Despite having trademarked the name, after talking with his lawyers, Donald renamed the registered version of his game Gauntletak to avoid infringement. [3] The registered version was released ...
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Question: (I couldn't find the answer on the Internet. ) If Knight A throws down a gauntlet, and Knight B picks up the gauntlet, does Knight B hand the gauntlet back to Knight A before the fight? If Knight A threw away his gauntlet, he might be forced to fight without it. Or did knights carry spare ceremonial gauntlets for throwing down?
The “musri” or “mouzeri” throwing knife of the Teda peoples in the central Sahara is a variant. In parts of Central Africa these weapons assume the form of a bird's head. [6] These knives reflect the culture of Africa before western colonisation, both through their design and use. They can be symmetrical, bulbous, or even multi-pronged.