Associations to the word «Gantlet»

Wiktionary

GANTLET, noun. Alternative spelling of gauntlet

Dictionary definition

GANTLET, noun. To offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet".
GANTLET, noun. A glove of armored leather; protects the hand.
GANTLET, noun. A glove with long sleeve.
GANTLET, noun. 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.
GANTLET, noun. 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.

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