gantlet

noun

1. to offer or accept a challenge

   noun.communication

   Synonyms gauntlet

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

   noun.artifact

   Synonyms gauntlet metal glove

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. a glove with long sleeve

   noun.artifact

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times

   noun.artifact

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. 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

   noun.act

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed.

   noun

   Source: webster1913

7. A glove. See <u>Gauntlet</u>.

   noun

   Source: webster1913