gantlet

Meanings

Plural: gantlets

Noun

• to offer or accept a challenge
• a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
• a glove with long sleeve
• 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
• 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
• Alternative spelling of gauntlet.

Synonyms

gauntlet, metal glove